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Meanings of sagely in English

Portuguese
sabiamente

In a wise manner.

sabiamente
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Examples for "wisely"
Examples for "wisely"
1
BSkyB at least has wisely given final say to independent directors only.
Reuters
2
You're going to need all your energy for that, she said wisely.
Lightning
3
Sime shook his head wisely; this was in accordance with his ideas.
Brood of the Witch-Queen
4
We've used our fallow week very wisely in terms of analysing them.
The Guardian
5
To avoid such mistakes, plan ahead to handle your tax refund wisely.
Ebony
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
United Kingdom
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United States of America
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