Vocabulary: Adding ‘wise’ to make adverbs from nouns
Intermediate to advanced level (B2-A2)

It is useful to have a rather informal way to express ‘concerning’ or ‘relating to’ which we can use in speech and writing. You take a noun and add ‘wise’, often with a ‘-‘. Some are more common than others. Let’s look at a few:

Talking about your future career, you could say:
Career-wise, I’m not sure it’s best to stay in this job too long. What do you think?  

Talking about the weather, you could say:
Weather-wise, it looks a bit unpredictable. I’m going to take a coat.

Health
He’s not great, health-wise.

Sound
Sound-wise, the piece (of music) reminds me of Beethoven.

Colour
Colour-wise, I don’t think the room looks right.

Other uses of ‘wise’:

Direction:
Turn it anticlockwise to open.
Cut the carrots lengthwise (or lengthways)

Similarity:
That’s a good idea. I’ll do likewise.