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(adj)
Benefiting from careful prior advice or counsel.
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Acting with or showing good sense; able to make good judgements based on reason or wisdom, or reflecting such ability.
Practically wise, judicious, shrewd.
Having, characterized by, or done with good judgment or sound thinking.
Having been carefully thought out; maturely reflected upon.
Possessing knowledge or understanding; knowledgeable, intelligent.
Having or showing keen discernment, sound judgment, and farsightedness; mentally shrewd.
Informed, appraised or made aware.
(by extension) (chiefly science fiction) Of a lifeform or species: possessing intelligence or a high degree of self-awareness.
(n)
The plant Salvia officinalis and savory spice produced from it; also planted for ornamental purposes.
(figuratively) Of acute discernment; having keen insight; mentally perceptive.
Knowing everything: all facts, all actions taken by everyone, and so on.
Having total knowledge.
Befitting a statesman.
Like a statesman, demonstrating the skills and qualities of a respected leader.
Concerning the relationships between the governments of countries.
Resembling or characteristic of an owl.
Instructed; having knowledge of a fact or area of education.
(idiomatic) Sensible; rational; possessing sound judgment.
Decent; morally upright.
In agreement on moral positions.
Not excessive or immoderate; within due limits; proper.
Capable of reasoning.
Alternative form of common sense.
Of a person: exercising prudence; cautious.
Demonstrating kindness or consideration for others.
Educated or informed.
Furnished with sufficient, correct knowledge.
(uncountable) An element of personal character that enables one to distinguish the wise from the unwise.
Having meaning, significant.
(of a course of action) Worthy of being recommended; desirable.
Carefully aware of all circumstances; considerate of all that is pertinent.
Possessing insight; percipient.
Better than some other option; preferred.
Having sufficient skill, knowledge, ability, or qualifications.
Suitable.
Suitable; appropriate; fit or fitted; suited.
Suitable or fit; proper; felicitous.
Reasonable.
Of a person or an animal:
Possessing skill; skilled.
Having the necessary powers or the needed resources to accomplish a task.
Of high or especially quick cognitive capacity, bright.
Good and important enough to spend time, effort, or money on.
Of a person, displaying genius or brilliance; inventive.
Having the power to produce a required effect or effects.
Suitable to effect some desired end or the purpose intended.
(v)
(intransitive) To act, conduct oneself in a specific manner; used with an adverbial of manner.
At a convenient or advantageous time.
Having good manners and acting properly; conforming to standards of good behaviour.
Having a practical or beneficial use.
Taking care; attentive to potential danger, error or harm; cautious.
Of, pertaining to, or serving as a precaution.
Using or exercising caution; careful; tentative
Filled with inspiration or motivated.
Done at the proper time or within the proper time limits; prompt.
(of sleep) Quiet and deep.
Enjoying good health; free from disease or disorder.
(of a person) Easily offended, upset, or hurt.
Willing to comply with the commands, orders, or instructions of those in authority; biddable.
Knowing, shrewd, astute.
Furnishing help; giving aid; useful.
Resulting in success; assuring or promoting success; accomplishing what was proposed; having the desired effect.
Complying with justice, correctness, or reason; correct, just, true. See also the interjection senses below.
Shrewd or crafty.
Quick to understand, learn, and devise or apply ideas; intelligent.
Appropriate; suitable.
Clipping of visual. [Related to or affecting the vision.]
(informal) Shrewd, well-informed and perceptive.
Worthy to be desired; pleasing; agreeable.
Showing clever resourcefulness in practical matters.
Two similar or identical things taken together; often followed by of.
Biased, so as to favour one party.
With little or no sound; free of disturbing noise.
Mischievous; tending to misbehave or act badly (especially of a child).
Not drunk; not intoxicated.
Tending to resist change or innovation.
Commonwealth and Irish form standard spelling of skillful
(education) Initialism of beginning of year.
Free from error; true; accurate.
Slender; thin.
(informal) Acting unwisely.
A permit to enter and leave a country, normally issued by the authorities of the country to be visited.
Not wise; lacking wisdom
Highly intelligent.
Emitting much light; visually dazzling; luminous, lucent, radiant.
Exhibiting social ability or cleverness.
Irradiated by light, lit.
(mathematics, of a function) Attaining each of the values in its codomain; having its image equal to its codomain.
(South Asia) A doctor, usually practicing traditional medicine.
(slang) Drunk, intoxicated; under the influence of drugs or alcohol.