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sagely

[sayj-lee] / ˈseɪdʒ li /


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Murakami gestures to the walls before him, nodding his head sagely.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 18, 2026

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

This time Jarecki sagely minimizes his on-camera presence in the four episodes made available for review, ceding the hero edit to L.A.

From Salon ● Apr. 21, 2024

Originally, we planned to ask Mr. Neely if we could use his window after school on Monday, but Twig shook her head and said sagely, “Better to ask forgiveness than permission.”

From "The Science of Breakable Things" by Tae Keller




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