worldly-wise

形容词 adj.
中文释义

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  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.

词形变化

more worldly-wise comparative most worldly-wise superlative worldlywise alternative worldly wise alternative

词源

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