Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Expert in finding or keeping the way; knowing the way or route.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Skillful in finding the way; well acquainted with the way or route; wise from having traveled.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective
Expert orknowledgeable in finding or keeping the way; knowing the way orroute .
Etymologies
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
From way + wise. Compare also waywitty, waywiser.
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Examples
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As a matter of fact no boat could help being steady and way-wise under their instant direction and companionship.
Along Shore 1910
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As a matter of fact no boat could help being steady and way-wise under their instant direction and companionship.
The Country of the Pointed Firs Sarah Orne Jewett 1879
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