sapiently

1. 1.

   in a shrewd manner

   “he invested his fortune astutely”

   “he was acutely insightful”

   Synonymsastutelyshrewdlysagaciouslyacutely

Questions about sapiently

What does sapiently mean?

sapiently means "in a shrewd manner".

How many syllables are in sapiently?

sapiently has 3 syllables: sa-pient-ly. The stress falls on "sa".

What is another word for sapiently?

Close synonyms include astutely, shrewdly, sagaciously, acutely. 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 sapiently a common word?

sapiently is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.