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- SENTENTIOUS Definition Meaning - Merriam-Webster
The meaning of SENTENTIOUS is given to or abounding in aphoristic expression Did you know?
- SENTENTIOUS | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary
SENTENTIOUS definition: 1 trying to appear wise, intelligent, and important, in a way that is annoying: 2 trying to… Learn more
- Sententious - Definition, Meaning Synonyms - Vocabulary. com
When sententious first appeared in English — back in the late Middle Ages — it meant "full of wisdom," but now it usually has a negative sense, meaning heavy handed and self-important The sententious blowhard makes people laugh, and you can probably think of at least three cartoon characters who fit the bill — often a politician or
- SENTENTIOUS Definition Meaning - Dictionary. com
Sententious definition: abounding in pithy aphorisms or maxims See examples of SENTENTIOUS used in a sentence
- Sententious - definition of sententious by The Free Dictionary
Define sententious sententious synonyms, sententious pronunciation, sententious translation, English dictionary definition of sententious adj 1 Terse and energetic in expression; pithy 2 Full of or given to using aphorisms, especially in a pompously moralizing manner sen·ten′tious·ly adv
- SENTENTIOUS definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary
He said so many wise things to us and uttered them in so pithy and sententious a style that one could never forget them
- sententious - Wiktionary, the free dictionary
sententious (comparative more sententious, superlative most sententious) Using as few words as possible; pithy and concise Tending to use aphorisms or maxims; especially, to such an extent as to engage in trite moralizing, even self-righteously so Full of meaning
- sententious adjective - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and usage . . .
Definition of sententious adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more
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