worldly-wise
Example Sentences
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Bellamy version 2.0 may well be more worldly-wise, more focused, more able to channel the passion for the game and his country that has always run deep.
From BBC ● Sep. 7, 2024
In the end, this ragtag band finally acquires the sutra scrolls from a surprisingly worldly-wise Buddha and achieves a kind of sainthood for themselves.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 3, 2021
I loved Ferrell first and foremost because she looked and sounded like my people — red-haired and rotund, but worldly-wise and dry rather than jolly.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2020
But Maguire is not yet the worldly-wise centre-back that United would need him to be.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 7, 2019
Theo Theodorakis and Doug Hoo, older and more worldly-wise, exchanged winks but stayed to hear the rest of the story.
From "The Westing Game" by Ellen Raskin
