sagely
形容词 adj.
副词 adv.
英文释义
形容词 adj.
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Resembling or characteristic of a sage.
— It begins sufficiently well, but the author has hardly enunciated his preliminary apotheems, when he conducts into an obscurity where we can hardly grope our way, and when we emerge from that, it is to be bewildered by his gorgeous but unsubstantial pictures of sagely perfection.
副词 adv.
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In the manner of a sage, with wisdom, wisely.
— […] Phil offering and giving advice sagely and gravely
词源
词源 1
From Middle English sagely, sagilly, equivalent to sage + -ly (adverbial suffix).
词源 2
From sage + -ly (adjectival suffix).
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