WORLDLY-WISE


Meaning of WORLDLY-WISE in English

adjective

EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS

Behind her back, Melissa smiled at this shot at appearing worldly-wise .

Now its innocence had vanished, and it was thronged with worldly-wise urban people intent upon sophisticated urban undertakings.

The worldly-wise orchestrator will rather see to it that there is not an important clarinet part in the aforesaid section.

Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary.      Дополнительный английский словарь Longman DOCE5.