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wise¹ adjectiv
1. înţelept, cu judecată, cu scaun la cap, cuminte, chibzuit, prudent;
wise after the event care dă sfaturi şi soluţii după comiterea unei greşeli;
to come away none the wise / as wise as he went a se dace bou şi a se întoarce vacă, a nu adăuga nimic la cunoştinţele sale cu toate că a avut prilejul.
2. informat, cunoscător, ştiutor;
to get wise to a fact a sesiza un fapt, a-şi da seama de ceva;
to put smb. wise a avertiza pe cineva.
3. cu puteri oculte.
wise² substantiv
chip, fel, mod;
in no wise în nici un chip;
in this wise în acest chip;
in some wise intr-un fel oarecare;
(înv.) in solemn wise în mod solemn.
wise³ adverb
(în cuvinte compose) în chip de, ca;
cross-wise în chip de cruce;
dogwise ca un câine;
peasant wise ţărăneşte.
Exemple de propoziții și/sau fraze:
Mother would admire his warm heart, Father his wise head.
(Little Women, de Louisa May Alcott)
Also do I know that my words have been wise.
(Love of Life and Other Stories, de Jack London)
I followed out his orders, for I knew how right and wise they were.
(Dracula, de Bram Stoker)
I hope you will be wiser than that, in a few days.
(David Copperfield, de Charles Dickens)
He was too quick for them, too formidable, too wise.
(White Fang, de Jack London)
"I feel wise indeed," he answered earnestly.
(The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, de L. Frank Baum)
A solution, which after usually being administered in a drop-wise fashion, forms a gel.
(Gel Forming Drop Solution Dosage Form, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)
Elinor thought it wisest to touch that point no more.
(Sense and Sensibility, de Jane Austen)
My friend has an excellent understanding—though I am not certain that I consider her marrying Mr. Collins as the wisest thing she ever did.
(Pride and Prejudice, de Jane Austen)
She believed it would be wiser for her to say and know at once, all that she meant to say and know.
(Emma, de Jane Austen)