sententious
IPA: sɛntˈɛnʃʌs
adjective
- Using as few words as possible; pithy and concise.
- Tending to use aphorisms or maxims, especially given to trite moralizing.
- (obsolete) Full of meaning.
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Examples of "sententious" in Sentences
- His style is grave and sententious.
- The answer might have been sententious.
- Richard Baxter calls him a sententious, elegant preacher.
- For me, that means overcoming my tendencies to be sententious and cranky.
- They often have a sententious tone and convey a feeling of intimate pain.
- These sententious works were written primarily for the son of King Philip IV.
- When I was a kid, we used to interpret its song, for it is quite sententious.
- Gnomic poetry consists of sententious maxims put into verse to aid the memory.
- The main raga alapana in Kalyani had a definite Semmangudi influence in its long sententious structure.