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Vinony

worldly-wise

adjective

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Wiktionary

adj

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

  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.”