Sapiently
adv
adv ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adverb
- 1 In a sapient manner.
"Sunday, as the Midland timetable sapiently observed, was a dies non in Scotland, yet the N.B.R. [North British Railway], though a Scots company, had a Sunday train; true, it did not work on Scottish soil, as it only ran over the 22 miles of Cumbrian track that connected Carlisle and Silloth."
Adverb
- 1 in a shrewd manner wordnet
Example
More examples"Sunday, as the Midland timetable sapiently observed, was a dies non in Scotland, yet the N.B.R. [North British Railway], though a Scots company, had a Sunday train; true, it did not work on Scottish soil, as it only ran over the 22 miles of Cumbrian track that connected Carlisle and Silloth."
Etymology
From sapient + -ly.
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