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Princeton's WordNet

  1. wisely, sagelyadverb

    in a wise manner

    "she acted wisely when she invited her parents"

Wiktionary

  1. wiselyadverb

    In a wise manner; using good judgement.

    She wisely decided to re-check her homework before submitting it.

  2. Etymology: From wisliche, wislike, from wislice, equvalent to.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Wiselyadverb

    Judiciously; prudently.

    Etymology: from wise.

    If thou covet death, as utmost end
    Of misery; so thinking to evade
    The penalty pronounc’d; doubt not God
    Hath wiselier arm’d his vengeful ire. John Milton, Par. Lost.

    He sits like discontented Damocles,
    When by the sportive tyrant wisely shown.
    The dangerous pleasure of a flatter’d throne. Dryden.

    Admitting their principles to be true, they act wisely: they keep their end, evil as it is, steadily in view. John Rogers.

    The doctors, tender of their fame,
    Wisely on me lay all the blame:
    We must confess his case was nice,
    But he wou’d never take advice. Jonathan Swift.

Wikipedia

  1. wisely

    The Wisely Series is a series of Chinese adventure-science fiction novels written by the Hong Kong novelist Ni Kuang. The protagonist of the series is Wisely (sometimes also spelt "Wesley"). In total, there are 161 stories about Wisely recorded in 156 novels. Of these, only 150 stories in 145 novels are written by Ni Kuang; the remaining ones are written by other writers with Ni Kuang's permission. Some of these stories have been adapted into media, such as the films The Legend of Wisely (1987), The Cat (1992) and The Wesley's Mysterious File (2002), and the television series The New Adventures of Wisely (1998) and The 'W' Files (2004).

ChatGPT

  1. wisely

    Acting or making decisions in a manner that shows good judgement, knowledge, understanding, and experience, often considering potential consequences, risks, and benefits.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Wiselyadverb

    in a wise manner; prudently; judiciously; discreetly; with wisdom

Surnames Frequency by Census Records

  1. WISELY

    According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Wisely is ranked #25771 in terms of the most common surnames in America.

    The Wisely surname appeared 956 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Wisely.

    91.3% or 873 total occurrences were White.
    3.6% or 35 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
    1.7% or 17 total occurrences were of two or more races.
    1.2% or 12 total occurrences were Asian.
    1.1% or 11 total occurrences were Black.
    0.8% or 8 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of wisely in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of wisely in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of wisely in a Sentence

  1. Rizza Alee:

    Next time if I come, I will choose the company wisely, I will choose the sherpa wisely, I will choose everything wisely.

  2. Parzival:

    Grate power comes with grate responsibility. so use it wisely.

  3. Edda Aradóttir:

    We, as humans, have disturbed the balance of the natural carbon cycle. So it's our job to restore the balance, we are assisting the natural carbon cycle to find its previous balance, so for me, at least, this makes total sense — but we have to use it wisely.

  4. Aloo Denish Obiero:

    The health of the planet reflects the choices of its inhabitants; let us choose wisely and nurture our environment.

  5. Dan Caldwell:

    With a lot of questions unanswered about what types of services it's going to need to provide, it makes sense that The VA use more temporary staff in the interim, however, it's important that they do it wisely, and they aren't just hiring contractors in the same way that they've created these positions that they can't fill and probably don't need.

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