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sapiently

sapiently adverb: in a sapient manner.

Adverb

sapiently (comparative more sapiently, superlative most sapiently)

  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.1953 August, Basil M. Bazley, “Carlisle in 1905”, in Railway Magazine, page 519

Forms of sapiently

comparativemore sapiently
superlativemost sapiently

Origin of sapiently

From sapient + -ly.

Questions about sapiently

What does sapiently mean?
Sapiently means in a sapient manner.
What part of speech is sapiently?
Sapiently is an adverb.

Words near sapiently in the dictionary

  1. sapientization
  2. sapientize
  3. sapientized
  4. sapientizes
  5. sapientizing
  6. sapiently
  7. sapients
  8. Sapienza
  9. Sapienzas
  10. sapin-sapin
  11. sapinda

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