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wijs — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • lush adj Growing thickly and vigorously; richly green and full of life.
  • mode noun A particular way or method of doing something.
  • profound adj Showing great depth of thought, understanding, or feeling.
  • sage adj Wise, especially through experience and good judgment.
  • smart adjective Intelligent; quick to learn or understand.
  • tune noun A short, memorable melody or piece of music.
  • wise adj Showing good judgment, sound sense, or the benefit of experience.
  • witty adjective Cleverly funny; able to make quick, amusing remarks.

Senses

wijs is used for these senses in English:

  • grammatical mood (grammar) A type of the relationship of a verb with reality and intent.
  • level-headed (idiomatic) Sensible; rational; possessing sound judgment.
  • lush (British, Canada, slang) Amazing, cool, fantastic, wicked.
  • mode (music, in particular) One of several ancient Greek scales.
  • profound Intellectually deep; entering far into subjects; reaching to the bottom of a matter, or of a branch of learning; thorough.
  • sage Wise.
  • wise Showing good judgement or the benefit of experience.
  • witty (archaic) Possessing a strong intellect or intellectual capacity; intelligent, skilful, ingenious.

lush — full definition

  1. adj Growing thickly and vigorously; richly green and full of life.
  2. adj Luxurious or richly appealing.
  3. noun Informal: a person who drinks alcohol heavily.

mode — full definition

  1. noun A particular way or method of doing something.
  2. noun (statistics) The value that occurs most often in a set of data.
  3. noun A particular state of mind or way of behaving.
  4. noun (music) One of several traditional scales, such as the major or minor scale.

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