- a way of doing or being
"in no wise"
"in this wise"

- United States religious leader (born in Bohemia) who united reform Jewish organizations in the United States (1819-1900)

- United States Jewish leader (born in Hungary) (1874-1949)

- carefully considered
"a considered opinion"

- able to take a broad view of negotiations between states

- marked by the exercise of good judgment or common sense in practical matters
"judicious use of one''s money"
"a sensible manager"
"a wise decision"

- having or prompted by wisdom or discernment
"a wise leader"
"a wise and perceptive comment"

1. Having knowledge; knowing; enlightened; of extensive information; erudite; learned.

"They are wise to do evil, but to do good they have no knowledge." -- Jer. iv. 22.

2. Hence, especially, making due use of knowledge; discerning and judging soundly concerning what is true or false, proper or improper; choosing the best ends and the best means for accomplishing them; sagacious.

"When clouds appear, wise men put their cloaks." -- Shak.

"From a child thou hast known the holy scriptures, which are able to make thee wise unto salvation." -- 2 Tim. iii. 15.

3. Versed in art or science; skillful; dexterous; specifically, skilled in divination.

"Fal. There was, mine host, an old fat woman even now with me; but she's gone. Sim. Pray you, sir, was't not the wise woman of Brentford?" -- Shak.

4. Hence, prudent; calculating; shrewd; wary; subtle; crafty. [R.] "Thou art . . . no novice, but a governor wily and wise." Chaucer.

"Nor, on the other side, Will I be penuriously wise As to make money, that's my slave, my idol." -- Beau. & Fl.

"Lords do not care for me: I am too wise to die yet." -- Ford.

5. Dictated or guided by wisdom; containing or exhibiting wisdom; well adapted to produce good effects; judicious; discreet; as, a wise saying; a wise scheme or plan; wise conduct or management; a wise determination. "Eminent in wise deport." Milton.

To make it wise
to make it a matter of deliberation. [Obs.] " We thought it was not worth to make it wise." Chaucer.

Wise in years
old enough to be wise; wise from age and experience; hence, aged; old. [Obs.]

"A very grave, state bachelor, my dainty one; He's wise in years, and of a temperate warmth." -- Ford.

"You are too wise in years, too full of counsel, For my green experience." -- Ford.

1. Way of being or acting; manner; mode; fashion. "All armed in complete wise." Spenser.

"To love her in my beste wyse." -- Chaucer.

"This song she sings in most commanding wise." -- Sir P. Sidney.

"Let not these blessings then, sent from above, Abused be, or spilt in profane wise." -- Fairfax.

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This word is nearly obsolete, except in such phrases as in any wise, in no wise, on this wise, etc. " Fret not thyself in any wise to do evil." Ps. xxxvii. 8. "He shall in no wise lose his reward." Matt. x. 42. " On this wise ye shall bless the children of Israel." Num. vi. 23.

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Wise is often used as a suffix in composition, as in likewise, nowise, lengthwise, etc., in which words -ways is often substituted with the same sense; as, noways, lengthways, etc.