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.

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