Definition of wise

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Wise (v.) Hence, prudent; calculating; shrewd; wary; subtle; crafty..

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Extense :: Extense (v. t.) Outreaching; expansive; extended, superficially or otherwise..
Broadwise :: Broadwise (adv.) Breadthwise.
Businesslike :: Businesslike (a.) In the manner of one transacting business wisely and by right methods.
Thus :: Thus (adv.) To this degree or extent; so far; so; as, thus wise; thus peaceble; thus bold..
Telescopical :: Telescopical (a.) Having the power of extension by joints sliding one within another, like the tube of a small telescope or a spyglass; especially (Mach.), constructed of concentric tubes, either stationary, as in the telescopic boiler, or movable, as in the telescopic chimney of a war vessel, which may be put out of sight by being lowered endwise..
Alength :: Alength (adv.) At full length; lengthwise.
But :: But (adv. & conj.) Otherwise than that; that not; -- commonly, after a negative, with that..
Counter :: Counter (adv.) Contrary; in opposition; in an opposite direction; contrariwise; -- used chiefly with run or go.
Lithium :: Lithium (n.) A metallic element of the alkaline group, occurring in several minerals, as petalite, spodumene, lepidolite, triphylite, etc., and otherwise widely disseminated, though in small quantities..
Corn :: Corn (v. t.) To preserve and season with salt in grains; to sprinkle with salt; to cure by salting; now, specifically, to salt slightly in brine or otherwise; as, to corn beef; to corn a tongue..
Grosgrain :: Grosgrain (a.) Of a coarse texture; -- applied to silk with a heavy thread running crosswise.
Else :: Else (adv. & conj.) Otherwise; in the other, or the contrary, case; if the facts were different..
Quaint :: Quaint (a.) Prudent; wise; hence, crafty; artful; wily..
Grafting :: Grafting (n.) A scarfing or endwise attachment of one timber to another.
Torpedo :: Torpedo (n.) A kind of small submarine boat carrying an explosive charge, and projected from a ship against another ship at a distance, or made self-propelling, and otherwise automatic in its action against a distant ship..
Sidle :: Sidle (v. t.) To go or move with one side foremost; to move sidewise; as, to sidle through a crowd or narrow opening..
End :: End (n.) Point beyond which no procession can be made; conclusion; issue; result, whether successful or otherwise; conclusive event; consequence..
Guestwise :: Guestwise (adv.) In the manner of a guest.
Discipline :: Discipline (n.) Self-inflicted and voluntary corporal punishment, as penance, or otherwise; specifically, a penitential scourge..
Saltirewise :: Saltirewise (adv.) In the manner of a saltire; -- said especially of the blazoning of a shield divided by two lines drawn in the direction of a bend and a bend sinister, and crossing at the center..
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