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worldly-wise

[ wurld-lee-wahyz ]

adjective

  1. wise as to the affairs of this world.


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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of worldly-wise1

Middle English word dating back to 1350–1400
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Bellamy version 2.0 may well be more worldly-wise, more focused, more able to channel the passion for the game and his country that has always run deep.

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And, like that earlier film, this movie is less about the exploits of an adorable moppet and his worldly-wise older relative than the brother-sister relationship that hovers just around the edges.

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In the end, this ragtag band finally acquires the sutra scrolls from a surprisingly worldly-wise Buddha and achieves a kind of sainthood for themselves.

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I loved Ferrell first and foremost because she looked and sounded like my people — red-haired and rotund, but worldly-wise and dry rather than jolly.

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The worldly-wise Marschallin tells Octavian, as tactfully as possible, that their affair, though lovely, will not last.

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