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WISELY
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I. (adverb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
In a wise manner
Example:
she acted wisely when she invited her parents
Synonyms:
sagely; wisely
Classified under:
Antonym:
foolishly (without good sense or judgment)
Pertainym:
wise (having or prompted by wisdom or discernment)
Context examples:
I agree with Mr. Wilder, Dr. Huxtable, that you would have done wisely to consult me.
(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
All of us had an ample share of the treasure and used it wisely or foolishly, according to our natures.
(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)
I think they judge wisely.
(Emma, by Jane Austen)
Thus wisely fortifying her mind, as she proceeded upstairs, she was enabled, especially on perceiving that Miss Tilney slept only two doors from her, to enter her room with a tolerably stout heart; and her spirits were immediately assisted by the cheerful blaze of a wood fire.
(Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen)
Not by reasoning, not by the five senses alone, but by other and remoter and uncharted senses, came the feeling to White Fang that the man was ominous with evil, pregnant with hurtfulness, and therefore a thing bad, and wisely to be hated.
(White Fang, by Jack London)
“You have done wisely,” said my friend.
(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Hannah wisely allowed them to relieve their feelings, and when the shower showed signs of clearing up, she came to the rescue, armed with a coffeepot.
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
He paused and I said:—But will not the Count take his rebuff wisely?
(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)
Once or twice she could discern a faint blush; but in general Charlotte wisely did not hear.
(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)
He sees not as man sees, but far clearer: judges not as man judges, but far more wisely.
(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)
