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worldly wise

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.31 in modern English

Syllables
world-ly -wise
IPA
21
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Alternative spelling of worldly-wise.

Inflected Forms

more worldly wise (comparative) most worldly wise (superlative)

Questions

What does worldly wise mean?
Alternative spelling of worldly-wise.

How to pronounce worldly wise

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