WISELY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does wisely mean? 

• WISELY (adverb)
  The adverb WISELY has 1 sense:

1. in a wise manner

  Familiarity information: WISELY used as an adverb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• WISELY (adverb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

In a wise manner

Synonyms:

sagely; wisely

Context example:

she acted wisely when she invited her parents

Antonym:

foolishly (without good sense or judgment)

Pertainym:

wise (having or prompted by wisdom or discernment)

 Context examples 

You don't talk very wisely just now; any more than those gentlemen acted very wisely.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

So he is, said the green man, and he rules the Emerald City wisely and well.

(The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum)

"Yes, I know," said Laurie, nodding wisely.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

“You chose very wisely, I am sure,” replied Miss Crawford, with a brightened look; “Anhalt is a heavy part.”

(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)

Mr. Bennet accepted the challenge, observing that he acted very wisely in leaving the girls to their own trifling amusements.

(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)

“And you did very wisely,” said Holmes.

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

You wisely kept things under wraps until you were ready to make your move.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

If we do not act properly and wisely, there may be an inquest, and that paper would have to be produced.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

I should like to leave it in your hands, Utterson; you would judge wisely, I am sure; I have so great a trust in you.

(The Strange Case Of Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde, by Robert Louis Stevenson)

I am right glad, mon garcon, to see that the good monks have trained thee so wisely and so well.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)