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sententious

/s/E/n't/E/n/S//@/s/

Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.

adjective

  1. Abounding with sentences, axioms, and maxims; full of meaning; terse and energetic in expression; pithy; as, a <i>sententious</i> style or discourse; <i>sententious</i> truth.

    adjective

    Source: webster1913

adjective satellite

  1. abounding in or given to pompous or aphoristic moralizing

    adj.all

    Examples
    Too often the significant episode deteriorates into sententious conversation.

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  2. concise and full of meaning

    adj.all

    Examples
    The peculiarly sardonic and sententious style in which Don Luis composed his epigrams.
    Synonyms pithy

    Source: WordNet 3.0

Nearby words

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