WISELY Synonyms: 45 Similar and Opposite Words

wisely

adverb

Definition of wisely

as in prudently

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Recent Examples of wisely As the Dolphins reconvene for 12 consecutive weeks of football, the time off needed to be used rather wisely. — Miami Herald, 19 Oct. 2026 Those measurements take time and are expensive, so a good shortlist helps researchers spend scarce telescope time wisely, the team says. — Sharmila Kuthunur, Space.com, 18 Oct. 2026 For Republicans, well, there’s not much downside at all, except for those that truly despise green power or, perhaps wisely, fear increasing federal authority over local permitting matters. — Jordan Blum, Fortune, 11 Oct. 2026 While this may all sound a bit reactionary or like shooting fish in a barrel, Mungiu wisely complicates matters. — Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times, 9 Oct. 2026 But since these girls don’t have anything that looks like conventional adulthood waiting for them, the film wisely steers them away from maturity and toward a kind of spiritual liberation. — Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 9 Oct. 2026 But there are no guarantees in baseball, and LA's dominance is a testament to using their resources wisely. — Ian Miller Outkick, FOXNews.com, 8 Oct. 2026 That means creating graduates who are AI-fluent while also possessing the judgment and character necessary to apply technology wisely. — Irma Becerra, Forbes.com, 6 Oct. 2026 Koryta wisely shifts the focus from Nickel to Savannah, whose sense of entitlement is off the charts, and finally to Alford, their wise-beyond-his-12-years son. — Oline H. Cogdill, Sun Sentinel, 1 Oct. 2026

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Jiangxing Intelligence, a physical AI firm, has developed an AI ‘brain’ that monitors environmental conditions around renewable energy infrastructure to ensure electricity is collected and stored prudently.

— Angelica Ang, Fortune, 15 Sep. 2026
Under a 2019 law brought by Newsom to protect utilities from bankruptcy, the companies automatically are deemed to have acted prudently if regulators sign off on their wildfire prevention plan.

— Melody Petersen, Los Angeles Times, 20 Aug. 2026

Definition of prudently

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Hur judiciously constructs scene after scene that pulls and pushes the various probes closer to and further from the mysterious truth, which feels at once obscured and hidden in plain sight.

— Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 20 Sep. 2026
For some people, xylitol can offset sugar consumption when used in moderation and judiciously, which may benefit cardiometabolic health, said Deepak Talreja, MD, FACC, chief of cardiology at Sentara Health.

— Lauren Manaker MS, HEALTH, 8 Sep. 2026

Definition of judiciously

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My favorite picture in the book finds a sensibly blue Subaru station wagon that has somehow turned on its side in the middle of the night.

— Hua Hsu, New Yorker, 5 Sep. 2026
Given the limited floorspace, Tiny Tect Tiny Houses has sensibly kept the interior layout quite simple.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 29 Aug. 2026

Definition of sensibly

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The couple reportedly arrived and left discreetly and were among roughly 35,000 spectators at the performance.

— Bradford Betz, FOXNews.com, 18 Oct. 2026
The industry as a whole has grown rapidly over the past decade and is built on the demand for drugs targeting common conditions — and that can be accessed discreetly — such as hair loss treatments and hormone replacement therapies.

— Anna Cooban, CNN Money, 15 Oct. 2026

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