sapientlyadv.
/ˈseɪpɪəntli/, U.S. /ˈseɪpiəntli/, /ˈsæpiəntli/ In a sapient manner, wisely, Now usually ironically = with apparent or would-be wisdom.
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the mind > mental capacity > understanding > wisdom, sagacity > [adverb]
wiselyc888
redlyeOE
spacklya1375
wittilya1375
prudentlya1382
redilyc1391
sagelya1400
sapiently1477
wise1487
wittingly1487
savourly1494
sageouslyc1500
ingeniously1548
judiciously1593
in his (or its, etc.) wisdom1852
the mind > mental capacity > understanding > wisdom, sagacity > wise man, sage > pretender to wisdom, wiseacre > [adverb]
wisely1585
sapiently1816
1477 T. Norton Ordinall of Alchimy v, in E. Ashmole Theatrum Chem. Britannicum (1652) 77 Plato wrote full sapiently.
1816 W. Kirby & W. Spence Introd. Entomol. (1818) II. xxiv. 382 From whence he very sapiently concludes, that not the tail but the mouth must be their organ of sound.
1872 W. R. Greg Enigmas 112 No government and no statesman has ever yet dared thus to supplement the inadequacy of personal patriotism by laws so sapiently despotic.
1882 C. E. L. Riddell Prince of Wales's Garden-party 189 ‘Still property is property,’ remarked Mrs. Briart, sapiently.
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