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English
Etymology
Compare the synonym worldwise, which has cognates in various West-Germanic languages.
Adjective
worldly-wise (comparative more worldly-wise, superlative most worldly-wise)
- Experienced in the ways of the world; sophisticated and cosmopolitan.
- Synonym: worldwise
2014 May 28, John McWhorter, “Saint Maya”, in The New Republic, →ISSN:I had a natural African American impulse to let this worldlywise middle-aged black woman's maternalism wash over me. And as a post-civil rights African American, I assumed that it was a white audience's job to follow suit.
Translations
experienced in the ways of the world