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Worldly-wise

adj

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Experienced in the ways of the world; sophisticated and cosmopolitan.

    "I had a natural African American impulse to let this worldlywise middle-aged black woman's maternalism wash over me. And as a post-civil rights African American, I assumed that it was a white audience's job to follow suit."

Adjective
  1. 1
    experienced in and wise to the ways of the world wordnet

Etymology

Compare the synonym worldwise, which has cognates in various West-Germanic languages.

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