sagaciously

sagacious +‎ -ly

sagaciously (comparative more sagaciously, superlative most sagaciously)

1. In a sagacious manner, in a way that is clever, shrewd, observant, keen of intellect or discernment, cunning or with ability and aptitude; sagely.
   • 1748, Samuel Richardson, Clarissa, Volume 3, Letter 37, pp. 189-190,

     Who could forbear smiling, to see my charmer, like a farcical dean and chapter, choose what was before chosen for her; and sagaciously (as they go in form to prayers, that God would direct their choice) pondering upon the different proposals, as if she would make me believe, she has a mind for some other?

   • 1851, Herman Melville, Moby-Dick, Chapter 130,

     But if these suspicions were really his, he sagaciously refrained from verbally expressing them, however his actions might seem to hint them.

   • 1876, Lewis Carroll, The Hunting of the Snark, London: Macmillan, Fit 4, pp. 43-44,

     “Introduce me, now there’s a good fellow,” he said,

     “If we happen to meet it together!”

     And the Bellman, sagaciously nodding his head,

     Said “That must depend on the weather.”

   • 1926, “Flame but no Fire,” Time, 8 November, 1926,

     At present Joseph Stalin, astute, sagaciously “conservative,” has seen fit to squelch such activities.