sagely

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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.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 21, 2025

Labour has nodded sagely at the urgency of the issue.

From BBC • Sep. 14, 2024

Mind you, those time slots never belonged to Lemon or Cuomo as media analyst and former CNN host Brian Stelter sagely observed in his recent comments about another axed cable news personality.

From Salon • Aug. 17, 2023

On the other side of a French fry platter, Ms. Liddy and Ms. Flowers nodded sagely.

From New York Times • May 14, 2023

“Good idea. And kaajal, of course,” Mamma said, nodding sagely.

From "When Dimple Met Rishi" by Sandhya Menon