sententious
AdjectiveSynonyms:
pithy
WordNet 3.0
Adjective (2)
- abounding in or given to pompous or aphoristic moralizing“too often the significant episode deteriorates into sententious conversation — Kathleen Barnes”
- concise and full of meaning“welcomed her pithy comments”“the peculiarly sardonic and sententious style in which Don Luis composed his epigrams — Hervey Allen”Synonyms: pithy
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)
Sententious \Sen*ten"tious\, a.[L. sentenciosus: cf. F. sentencieux.]
1.Abounding with sentences, axioms, and maxims; full of meaning; terse and energetic in expression; pithy; as, a sententious style or discourse; sententious truth. [1913 Webster]
How he apes his sire, Ambitiously sententious!— Addison.[1913 Webster]
2.Comprising or representing sentences; sentential. [Obs.] "Sententious marks." --Grew. [1913 Webster] -- Sen*ten"tious*ly, adv. -- Sen*ten"tious*ness, n. [1913 Webster]