单词 | sagely |
释义 | sagelyadj. rare. Belonging to or befitting a sage. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > understanding > wisdom, sagacity > wise man, sage > [adjective] sage1531 saged1563 sagey1747 Solonic1796 sagely1867 1867 J. Legge Life Confucius iv. 54 His gorgeous but unsubstantial pictures of sagely perfection. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1909; most recently modified version published online March 2022). sagelyadv. In a sage manner. ΘΚΠ 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 a1400–50 Alexander 3359 So bus a kyng to consaile haue a clere hert, To se at syttis him to se & sagely to wirke. c1475 Partenay 5315 Sagilly hym ruled to intelligens. 1523 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles I. vii. 5 The kyng..demaunding right swetely of her astate and besynesse. And she answered him ryght sagely. 1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene i. i. sig. A7 Sober he seemde, and very sagely sad. 1671 J. Milton Paradise Regain'd iv. 282 To whom our Saviour sagely thus repli'd. View more context for this quotation 1714 A. Pope Chaucer's Wife of Bath in R. Steele Poet. Misc. 21 He, against this, right sagely wou'd advise. 1833 H. Martineau Charmed Sea v. 87 Paul explained, very sagely, how right it was. 1872 J. Morley Voltaire i. 11 If he adroitly or sagely preserved his buckler. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1909; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1867adv.a1400 |
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