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weather-wise

weather-wise adjective: skilled in predicting changes in the weather.

Adjective

weather-wise (comparative more weather-wise, superlative most weather-wise)

  1. Skilled in predicting changes in the weather.
    • He glanced with a weatherwise eye at the sky now falling into evening tones - placid and still. "Drought's breaking, but this weather ought to hold for a bit."1938, Norman Lindsay, Age of Consent, 1st Australian edition, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, published 1962, →OCLC, page 178
  2. (figuratively) Skilled in predicting changes in conditions, such as of public opinion.

Adverb

weather-wise (not comparable)

  1. With respect to weather.
    • Early in December, a rotten day weatherwise, Charley Partanna, CEO of the Prizzi family, sat behind his desk1988, Richard Condon, Prizzi's glory, page 1
    • Newfoundland is at the end of the line weather-wise, the last stop for storms that come across the continent or up the Atlantic seaboard2000, Wayne Johnston, Baltimore's Mansion: A Memoir

weather-wise meaning in Tamil

weather-wise in Tamil

முன்னறி திறனுடைய

Forms of weather-wise

comparativemore weather-wise
superlativemost weather-wise
alternative formweatherwise

Origin of weather-wise

From weather + wise (“having wisdom”).

From weather + -wise.

Questions about weather-wise

What does weather-wise mean?
Weather-wise means skilled in predicting changes in the weather.
What is weather-wise in Tamil?
Weather-wise in Tamil is முன்னறி திறனுடைய. See Weather-wise meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is weather-wise?
Weather-wise can be an adjective or an adverb.

Words near weather-wise in the dictionary

  1. weather-prophet
  2. weather-prophets
  3. weather-tight
  4. weather-vane
  5. weather-vanes
  6. weather-wise
  7. weatherabilities
  8. weatherability
  9. weatherable
  10. Weatherall
  11. Weatheralls

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