wisely

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
wise1

▶adjective

• 1 having or showing experience, knowledge, and good judgement.

• 2 (wise to) informal aware of, especially so as to know how to act.

▶verb (wise up) informal become alert or aware.

– phrases
be wise after the event understand and assess something only after its implications have become obvious.

– derivatives
wisely adverb.

– origin OE wīs, of Gmc origin; rel. to wit2.

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
wise2

▶noun archaic manner, way, or extent.

– phrases
in no wise not at all.

– origin OE wīse, of Gmc origin; rel. to wit2.