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Knowing no more than before, as in He tried to explain the tax structure, but in the end I was none the wiser. [Early 1800s]

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Words nearby none the wiser

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How to use none the wiser in a sentence

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Sleek finds it far harder work than fortune-making; but he pursues his Will-o'-the-Wisp with untiring energy.
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None other would dare to show herself unveiled to a stranger, and a white man at that.
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Various impulses urged him into a pouring flood of words; yet he gave expression to none of them.
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It being offensive to the French, they took none of it with them on their return.
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