Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
worldly-wise
adjective
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ Behind her back, Melissa smiled at this shot at appearing worldly-wise.
▪ Now its innocence had vanished, and it was thronged with worldly-wise urban people intent upon sophisticated urban undertakings.
▪ The worldly-wise orchestrator will rather see to it that there is not an important clarinet part in the aforesaid section.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Worldly-wise
Worldly-wise \World"ly-wise`\, a.
Wise in regard to things of this world.
--Bunyan.
Wiktionary
worldly-wise
a. experienced in the ways of the world; sophisticated and cosmopolitan alt. experienced in the ways of the world; sophisticated and cosmopolitan
WordNet
worldly-wise
adj. experienced in and wise to the ways of the world
Usage examples of "worldly-wise".
Like all Wardens, he prided himself on being worldly-wise, on knowing something about everything, and he was always a little affronted when this proved not to be the case.
She can also be regarded as a cynical voice, worldly-wise in a more negative sense.
The truth is that he is not worldly-wise at all, and were it not for my aid he woukf have been bankrupt years ago.