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wise-assery

wise-assery is the alternative form of wiseassery.

Meaning of wiseassery

Noun

wiseassery (uncountable)

  1. (vulgar) The act of being a wiseass; smartassery.
    • Holloway has been a key cast member from the very start, lighting up the small screen with his charming wise-assery from the J.J. Abrams-directed pilot onward.2019 May 21, Jim Windolf, “The Josh Holloway Interview: On Sawyer, Lost, and the Polar Bear”, in Radhika Jones, editor, Vanity Fair, New York, N.Y.: Condé Nast, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the...

Questions about wise-assery

What is wise-assery the alternative form of?
Wise-assery is the alternative form of wiseassery.

Words near wise-assery in the dictionary

  1. wise woman
  2. wise women
  3. wise-apple
  4. wise-apples
  5. wise-ass
  6. wise-assery
  7. wise-asses
  8. wise-cracking
  9. wise-guy
  10. wise-guys
  11. wise-hearted

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