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Meanings of sagely in English

Portuguese
sabiamente

In a wise manner.

      sabiamente
      Usage of sagely in English
      1
      When I'm fighting it's just search and destroy. His father nods sagely.
      The Guardian
      2
      I nodded sagely, having no idea what a marine development assessor was.
      Altered carbon
      3
      First, he confided in Britt, soberly, sagely and in perfect good faith.
      The Man from Brodney's
      4
      Peter nodded his head sagely, I think I have guessed the place.
      Mr. Standfast
      5
      Bridau then sagely advised Madame Descoings to keep quiet and await events.
      The Celibates
      6
      I told her, sagely, that this was the best foundation for matrimony.
      A Far Country — Volume 2
      7
      Alton nodded sagely, and odd fragments of his conversation reached Miss Deringham.
      Alton of Somasco: A Romance of the Great Northwest
      8
      The policeman nodded his head sagely when Bob had finished his story.
      All for a Scrap of Paper: A Romance of the Present War
      9
      Their fingers must be some sort of feeding roots, Hanlon observed sagely.
      Man of Many Minds
      10
      He nodded sagely, his gears whirring as he took it all in.
      One of our Thursdays is missing
      11
      However, as Mr. Allen sagely observed, such conjectures were at present idle.
      The Devil's Garden
      12
      Thome thingth make thome folkth forget thome other thingth, observed Tommy sagely.
      The Meadow-Brook Girls in the Hills; Or, The Missing Pilot of th...
      13
      Nightingale nodded sagely while out of his sight Beverley rolled her eyes.
      Rivers of London
      14
      The novel, as Henry James sagely observed, is a loose baggy monster.
      The Guardian
      15
      She shook her head sagely, as if lamenting the passing of chivalry.
      The irish warrior
      16
      The Doctor nodded sagely, and Sikes spat out 'too bloody right, pal.'
      Anno Dracula
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      Translations for sagely
      Portuguese
      sabiamente
      Sagely through the time
      Sagely across language varieties
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      United States of America
      Common