WISELY Synonyms: 45 Similar and Opposite Words

wisely

adverb

Definition of wisely

as in prudently

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Recent Examples of wisely Faced with such a high-stakes reunion, the actors, wisely, rise to the challenge with exacting understatement. — Justin Chang, New Yorker, 23 Oct. 2026 As lawmakers chipped away at the ACA, the political push to find new ways to spend health care dollars more wisely seemingly began to flag. — Dana P. Goldman, STAT, 22 Oct. 2026 Use a cash-back credit card wisely Another way a credit card can take the sting out of inflation is by rewarding spending on groceries. — Dan Avery, CNBC, 21 Oct. 2026 Clients now ask how to use AI wisely, differentiate their expertise, lead changing teams and make faster decisions without losing the human touch. — Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 20 Oct. 2026 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 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

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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

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