sagely
Example Sentences
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At one point, Mr. Loomis quotes his protagonist sagely predicting, “we’ll have a depression . . . and it will be the end of an era.”
The film, which Mr. Canby called “a sagely funny comedy, both heartfelt and sophisticated,” gave the singer Rubén Blades his breakout acting role.
From New York Times
On the other side of a French fry platter, Ms. Liddy and Ms. Flowers nodded sagely.
From New York Times
Commentators spoke sagely about the inevitability of globalization: Trade would not just make economies interdependent, it would knit societies together.
From Washington Post
Kozinn and Sinclair sagely begin their book with an epigraph in which McCartney himself gets to the heart of the matter.
From Salon
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
