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unwisely - definition and meaning
Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
unwisely rigid; unwisely studious.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
adverb
from Wiktionary , Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
adverb unwise manner; foolishly .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
adverb
Etymologies
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
From Old English unwīslice.
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My parents wouldn't let me buy a sword at 12 even though I had saved up all my money, as they feared I would use it 'unwisely ' - like against other people.
Dreams: Erotic, Fantastic, Mundane, Frail Elizabeth McClung 2009
We stated that the desire to be first, or at least not to be consistently behind the others, led the networks to make calls unwisely , based on sketchy and sometimes mistaken information.
CNN Transcript - Special Event: Congress Begins Hearings on Network News Election Night Coverage - February 14, 2001 2001
Perhaps you misread the word 'unwisely ' to mean stupidity.
Into the Wild ... 2008
News Item (1999): House Majority Whip Tom DeLay questions the competence of President Clinton during Kosovo war, saying he committed American troops "unwisely " into a "Balkan quagmire."
Archive 2004-05-01 2004
News Item (1999): House Majority Whip Tom DeLay questions the competence of President Clinton during Kosovo war, saying he committed American troops "unwisely " into a "Balkan quagmire."
Quote of the Day 2004
News Item (1999): House Majority Whip Tom DeLay questions the competence of President Clinton during Kosovo war, saying he committed American troops "unwisely " into a "Balkan quagmire."
Quote of the day 2004
Her donation to the family on the street of 250 as if she gave him a large sum of money he would spend it 'unwisely ' left me speechless.
Culture | guardian.co.uk 2010
I never want to read sentences that begin with "unwisely ".
Later On 2009
There, it floods every night, washing away all those who unwisely give in to the wrong spirit in this crossroads between monotone Christianity and African polyphony.
The Bushman Way of Tracking God PhD Bradford Keeney 2010
Let's hope that leaders once again take up the serious issues they so unwisely abandoned in political frenzy of the midterm elections.
Robert L. Cavnar: The Coming Showdown Over America's Energy Future Robert L. Cavnar 2010
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