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wisely

/ˈwʌɪzli/

US pronunciation
American sound/ˈwʌɪzli/
wisely
Syllables
2 syllables
Stress
1st syllable stress
Vowel
Short i vowel
Ending
Final y vowel sound

wi - se - ly -> wisely

Myanmar meaning

သဘောပေါက်နားလည်စွာ။ အမြော်အမြင်ကြီးစွာ။

Full entry

wise1 /waÇz/ adj (-r, -st )

ဉာဏ်ရှိသော။ အမြော်အမြင်ရှိသော။ ချင့်ချိန်ဆင်ခြင် တတ်သော။ a wise old man ❍ a wise choice/ decision/ precaution/ friend ❍ I'm sure you're wise to wait a few days. ❍ I'm older and wiser after 10 years in the business. Compare UNWISE
❏ be wise after the event [IDM ] (often derog ) လူမိုက် နောက်မှအကြံရ။ သူခိုးပြေးမှ ထိုးကွင်းထ။ We now know what we should have done — it's easy to be wise after the event.
❏ be/ get wise to sth/ sb [IDM ] (infml esp US ) အကြော သိပြီးသား။ He thought he could fool me but I got wise to him.
❏ none the wiser; not any the wiser [IDM ] ပိုထူးပြီး သိမလာ။ ဘာမျှအကြောင်းမထူး။ Even after listening to his explanation I'm none the wiser.
❏ put sb wise (to sth) [IDM ] (infml esp US ) ဖောက်သည်ချသည်။
❏ wise guy n (infml derog ) လူသိလူတတ်ကြီး။ ဆရာကြီး။ OK, wise guy, what do we do now?
❏ wise up (to sth) [PHRV ] (infml esp US ) သဘောပေါက်သည်။ သိသည်။ It's about time he wised up to the fact that times have changed. wisely adv

wise2 /waÇz/ n

❏ in no wise [IDM ] (arch or rhet ) စိုးစဉ်းမျှ။ လားလားမျှ။ လုံးဝ။ Drug use among young people is in no wise decreasing.

-wise suff (with ns forming adjs and advs )

၁။ (အတိုင်း၊ အလိုက် အနက်ရသော စကား)။ likewise ❍ clockwise ❍ anticlockwise ❍ lengthwise.
၂။ (infml ) (အရ၊ နှင့်အညီ အနက်ရသောစကား)။ businesswise ❍ weatherwise.

More examples
  • Sally is a wise and cautious woman.
  • The wise old men of the village
  • Moving out of your old flat was wise.
  • Buying those shares was a wise move.
  • [a wise decision] : You made a wise decision when you chose to study Spanish.
  • [wise to do something] : I don’t think it’s wise to teach your children at home.
  • They spent the money wisely.
  • She nodded wisely.
Synonyms
shrewd, intelligent, astute, clever, prudent, sensible, judicious, artful, au fait, aware, calculating, careful, clued-up, cogitative, contemplative, course of action, crafty, cunning, definite plan, devious, discerning, discreet, educated, enlightened, erudite, experienced, foresighted, give a pointer, give a tip, give pointer, give two cents, grasping, hang up, hangup, in the know, infamousness, inform, informed, ink, insightful, intuitive, keen, knowing, knowledgeable, learned, let in on, let know, logical process, make conversant with, manner, method, methodicalness, mode, modus, notoriety, notoriousness, orderly process, perceptive, perspicacious, politic, process, rational, reasonable, reflective, sagacious, sage, sane, sapient, scholarly, send word, sensing, sharp, show the ropes, sly, smart, sophic, sound, system, systematic process, tactful, taught, technic, technique, tell on, the book, thoughtful, understanding, wary, way, well-informed, wily, witty, workings
Antonyms
blunt, careless, dull, foolish, heedless, idiotic, ignorant, inattentive, incautious, indiscreet, inexperienced, insensitive, irrational, kind, obtuse, reckless, senseless, stupid, thoughtless, unaware, uneducated, uninformed, unintelligent, unknowledgeable, unrealistic, unreasonable, unsophisticated, unsound, unwise
Cross references
shrewdintelligentastutecleverprudentsensiblejudiciousartfulau faitawarecalculatingcarefulclued-upcogitativecontemplativecourse of actioncraftycunningdefinite plandeviousdiscerningdiscreeteducatedenlightenederuditeexperiencedforesightedgive a pointer
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