English noun: the ways of the world | |||
1. | the ways of the world (act) the manner in which people typically behave or things typically happen | ||
Samples | The ordinary reader is endowed with considerable wisdom and knowledge of the way of the world. She was well-versed in the ways of the world before she had taken the veil. He was amazingly innocent of the ways of the world. | ||
Synonyms | the way of the world | ||
Broader (hypernym) | behavior, behaviour, conduct, doings | ||