Antonyms for worldly-wise
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : wurld-lee-wahyz |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈwɜrld liˈwaɪz |
Definition of worldly-wise
- adj experienced in life
- Percolation is a slow process in the hard head of the worldly-wise.
- Extract from : « Waiting for Daylight » by Henry Major Tomlinson
- Then this by Hogarth is entirely wise and right; but worldly-wise, not divine.
- Extract from : « Ariadne Florentina » by John Ruskin
- Johnny seemed much more expert and worldly-wise than either of us.
- Extract from : « On the Stairs » by Henry B. Fuller
- They were all dirty and ragged, and the faces of many were old and worldly-wise.
- Extract from : « Harper's Young People, June 1, 1880 » by Various
- Most of these worldly-wise counsels were not given directly to Jennie.
- Extract from : « Jennie Gerhardt » by Theodore Dreiser
- She was an eminently good woman, but very far from worldly-wise.
- Extract from : « Pietro Ghisleri » by F. (Francis) Marion Crawford
- She was energetic by nature, selfish by philosophy, clever and worldly-wise by training.
- Extract from : « Dust » by Julian Hawthorne
- Behind that worldly-wise, satirical mask was she mocking at him?
- Extract from : « The Grain Of Dust » by David Graham Phillips
- Here the wife exclaimed, “How worldly-wise these English are!”
- Extract from : « Wild Wales » by George Borrow
- Mr. Lucas might be worldly-wise, but here I knew better than he.
- Extract from : « Esther » by Rosa Nouchette Carey
Synonyms for worldly-wise
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