He escaped one batch of rocks, and wisely avoided those on which the extension pier rested.

Nidal wisely avoided the locks that opened onto the lake, knowing full well he'd be a sitting duck, and headed west.

Mr. de Waal wisely avoids drawing social or political conclusions from his work.

"We should wisely avoid playing into the hands of Satan."

President Clinton has until now wisely avoided a confrontation over Chechnya.

The steering committee wisely avoided holding a checkrein on our thinking.

Wisely avoiding any rigorous definition, it offered at one point:

Many elderly drivers wisely avoid night driving, take secondary roads and shun dangerous left turns.

Usually, however, the point was lost in the display, and Hart wisely avoids printing too many of these later poems.

So he wisely avoided a clash of horns in front of the herd.