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51-wise — aff. use a suffixal use of wise II in adverbs denoting manner, position, direction, reference, etc.: clockwise; edgewise; marketwise; timewise[/ex] • usage: The suffix wise is old in the language in adverbs referring to manner, direction, etc.:… …
52-wise — suffix forming adjectives and adverbs of manner (crosswise; clockwise; lengthwise) or respect (moneywise) (cf. WAYS). Usage: More fanciful phrase based combinations, such as employment wise (= as regards employment) are colloq., and restricted to …
53wise — See: GET WISE, PENNY WISE AND POUND FOOLISH, PUT WISE, THE WISER …
54wise — See: GET WISE, PENNY WISE AND POUND FOOLISH, PUT WISE, THE WISER …
55Wise Up! — Infobox Album | Name = Wise Up! Type = album Artist = The Hard Lessons Released = April 11, 2005 Genre = indie rock Length = Label = self released Producer = Zach Shipps, The Hard Lessons Reviews = Last album = Gasoline (2005) This album = Wise… …
56wise — 1. adjective /waɪz/ a) Showing good judgement or the benefit of experience. Storing extra food for the winter was a wise decision. b) Disrespectful. They were considered the wise old men of the administration. Ant: unwise, foolish …
57wise — adj. VERBS ▪ be, look, prove, seem ▪ become, grow ▪ consider sth, deem sth, think sth …
58wise up — v. (colloq.) (AE) (D; intr.) to wise up to (I finally wised up to his tricks) * * * [ waɪz ʌp] (colloq.) (AE) (D; intr.) to wise up to (I finally wise upd up to his tricks) …
59wise — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. sage, sagacious; learned, profound, deep; judicious, well advised; informal, impudent, rude. See knowledge, insolence. n. manner, method. wise guy wise man II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Judicious] Syn …
60wise — English has two distinct words wise, but they come from the same ultimate source: the Indo European base *woid , *weid , *wid . This denoted ‘see’, and hence ‘know’, and it also produced English idea, vision, and wit. From it was formed the past… …
