wise
adjective
having the power of discerning and judging properly as to what is true or right; possessing discernment, judgment, or discretion.
wiseness
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a word derived from
wise.
Example Sentences
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Everywhere, in his toasts and speeches, the Prince was all praise, reminding De Gaulle of "your prestige, your wiseness, your clairvoyance, your sense of equity."
From Time Magazine Archive
And alway, when the Maid did walk, I to go before, that I see clear her way, and this thing to be but a matter of wiseness, as you shall think.
From The Night Land by William Hope Hodgson
"Why grow up a Boob," wrote the philosophic Mayme, "when the lil old world is full of wise guys just aking to spill their wiseness?"
From From a Bench in Our Square by Samuel Hopkins Adams
Yes, it seemed to me that the West was accumulating a little too much wiseness.
From Strictly business: more stories of the four million by O. Henry
I bethought it all out with tremense clearness and wiseness.
From O. Henry Memorial Award Prize Stories of 1919 by Various
