sagely

I nodded sagely, trying to think of something else to say.

She nodded sagely when I told her of my decision.

Sagely, he passed on the responsibility of making the decision.

Sagely, he suggests always asking for a hotel room in the back.

Though well out of his depth, the President nodded sagely.

"Start by making peace with her mother," Jack offered sagely.

The attendant was not quite sure; still he nodded sagely.

That seemed to be the right response, because the leader nodded sagely to herself.

"That young man was his son and has run away from home," said the first, nodding sagely.

The admiral nodded sagely as she walked into her ready room.

He nodded so sagely that everyone suspected a personal experience of his own.

The two other deputies stood behind him, looking sagely down over his large shoulders.

I nodded sagely as if confirming the thought to myself.

So, I told myself sagely, there had to be some sort of automatic machinery.

"We take a break and calm down," he said sagely.

When Maura told her it was almost gone, she nodded sagely.

There was silence as the general turned to us, nodded sagely, and spoke.

He'd expected opposition to that, but the village chief nodded sagely.

I nodded sagely, as if this made any sense to me at all, and kept my mouth shut.

A retired person can have too many fish, I sagely mused.

They all nodded sagely and went back to work.

This," he offered the advice sagely, "is something for you to remember.

"That should not make any girl unhappy," he remarked sagely.

He said as much, and the other nodded sagely.

"When you live here all your life, you can sort of sense these things," he said sagely.