sagely

1. 1.

   in a wise manner

   “she acted wisely when she invited her parents”

   Synonymswisely

Questions about sagely

What does sagely mean?

sagely means "in a wise manner".

How many syllables are in sagely?

sagely has 3 syllables: sa-ge-ly. The stress falls on "sa".

What is another word for sagely?

Close synonyms include wisely. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is sagely a common word?

sagely is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.