Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- Wise after the event; wise when it is too late; after-witted.
Wiktionary
- adj. Wise after the fact.
GNU Webster's 1913
- adj. Wise after the event; wise or knowing, when it is too late.
Etymologies
- after + wise (Wiktionary)
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I'm getting smarter
Words that end in -wise.
coastwise, clockwise, counterclockwise, otherwise, likewise, crabwise, leastwise, streetwise, penny-wise, lengthwise, contrariwise, thwartwise and 59 more...
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A Matter Of Time
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vespertine, twilight, gloaming, eftsoon, eventide, dawn, eos, dusk, witching hour, ephemeral, candlemark, autumnal and 122 more...
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Predictionary
EXPECTED vs. SURPRISE
aberration, exception, spontaneous, synchronicity, startle, waylay, prophecy, zemblanity, inadvertent, atavism, sui generis, anomaly and 127 more...
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Useful Words
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aptronym, haplology, ectopia, folderol, volute, caryatid, spandrel, pendulous, miasmic, gelid, dotty, anomie and 256 more...
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