WISE TO

IPA (US):

 Dictionary entry overview: What does wise to mean? 

• WISE TO (adjective)
  The adjective WISE TO has 1 sense:

1. evidencing the possession of inside information

  Familiarity information: WISE TO used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• WISE TO (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Evidencing the possession of inside information

Synonyms:

knowing; wise; wise to

Similar:

informed (having much knowledge or education)

 Context examples 

With such a reward for her tears, the child was too wise to cease crying.

(Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen)

“It would be wise to make the boat fast,” Maud said.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

It was well to have a comfort in store on Harriet's behalf, though it might be wise to let the fancy touch it seldom; for evil in that quarter was at hand.

(Emma, by Jane Austen)

Ah, we were wise to keep from her the affair of the dreadful night of Lucy's sleep-walking.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

It’s never wise to sign contracts when Mercury is retrograde, so if you held off and kept talking or investigating, you likely discovered information that was not immediately apparent.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

Meanwhile it had struck me that it would be wise to secure our retreat through the outer door, so I examined it.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

It’s enough to make a man bug-house when he has to play a part from morning to night with a hundred guys all ready to set the coppers wise to him.

(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Otherwise she left him in peace, too wise to vex him with chatter.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

One smash from the club was sufficient to convince him that the white god knew how to handle it, and he was too wise to fight the inevitable.

(White Fang, by Jack London)

A careful explanation followed, to which he listened so attentively that his anxious grandmother said, My dear, do you think it wise to talk about such things to that baby?

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)