wise
/waɪz/ adjective A2- Showing good judgement or the benefit of experience. · Storing extra food for the winter was a wise decision.· They were considered the wise old men of the administration.
- Disrespectful. · Don't get wise with me!
- Aware, informed (to something). · Be careful: the boss is wise to your plan to call out sick.
Comparative wiser · Superlative wisest
Phrasal verbs and expressions
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If you will kill for me the Wicked Witch of the West, I will bestow upon you a great many brains, and such good brains that you will be the wisest man in all the Land of Oz.”
There is a wise Latin proverb that is very much in point.”
“He is powerful and terrible, and if you come on an idle or foolish errand to bother the wise reflections of the Great Wizard, he might be angry and destroy you all in an instant.”
“Because you are wise and powerful, and no one else can help me,” answered the Scarecrow.
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