Another word for sagely

She looked at him, and he nodded as sagely as a five-year-old could.

A magnificent gate gives admission to a fine avenue, lined with cypress trees and conducting to the tomb, a large and lofty mound, with a marble statue in front, bearing the inscription of the title given to Confucius under the Sung dynasty: - " The most sagely ancient Teacher; the all-accomplished, all-informed King."

Although she is sagely waiting for the right contract to come her way, it's hard to imagine she will be waiting for long.

Dangling indigo fairy lights approximate the spirit of opium: it drapes itself sagely across the raggedy spires of the metropolis.

nodding sagely to his son.