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worldly-wise

How many syllables in worldly-wise?

  4 syllables

Divide worldly-wise into syllables:   world-ly--wise
Primary syllable stress:   world-ly-wise
Secondary syllable stress:   world-ly-wise
How to say worldly-wise:

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