the ways of the world

the ways of the world
noun
the manner in which people typically behave or things typically happen
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the ordinary reader is endowed with considerable wisdom and knowledge of the way of the world

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she was well-versed in the ways of the world before she had taken the veil

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he was amazingly innocent of the ways of the world

Syn: ↑the way of the world
Hypernyms: ↑behavior, ↑behaviour, ↑conduct, ↑doings

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