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▪ I. sagely, a. rare—1.|ˈseɪdʒlɪ|
[f. sage n.2 + -ly1.]
Belonging to or befitting a sage.
1867Legge Confucius iv. 54 His gorgeous but unsubstantial pictures of sagely perfection.
▪ II. sagely, adv.|ˈseɪdʒlɪ|
Also 5 sagilly.
[f. sage a. + -ly2.]
In a sage manner.
a1400–50Alexander 3359 So bus a kyng to consaile haue a clere hert, To se at syttis him to se & sagely to wirke. c1475Partenay 5315 Sagilly hym ruled to intelligens. 1523Ld. Berners Froiss. I. vii. 5 The kyng..demaunding right swetely of her astate and besynesse. And she answered him ryght sagely. 1590Spenser F.Q. i. i. 29 Sober he seemde, and very sagely sad. 1671Milton P.R. iv. 285. 1714 Pope Wife of Bath 341 He, against this right sagely would advise. 1833H. Martineau Charmed Sea v. 87 Paul explained, very sagely, how right it was. 1872Morley Voltaire (1886) 11 If he adroitly or sagely preserved his buckler. |