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Webster 1913 Edition


Worldly-wise

World′ly-wiseˊ

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Adj.
Wise in regard to things of this world.
Bunyan.

Definition 2024


worldly-wise

worldly-wise

See also: worldlywise

English

Alternative forms

Adjective

worldly-wise (comparative more worldly-wise, superlative most worldly-wise)

  1. experienced in the ways of the world; sophisticated and cosmopolitan