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sententiously — sententious ► ADJECTIVE ▪ given to moralizing in a pompous or affected manner. DERIVATIVES sententiously adverb sententiousness noun. ORIGIN originally in the sense «full of meaning or wisdom»: from Latin sententia opinion … English terms dictionary
Sententiously — 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… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
sententiously — adverb see sententious … New Collegiate Dictionary
sententiously — adverb In a sententious manner, concisely, pithily … Wiktionary
sententiously — adv. sanctimoniously, self righteously … English contemporary dictionary
sententiously — ad. Expressively, pithily, tersely, concisely … New dictionary of synonyms
sententiously — sen·ten·tious·ly … English syllables
sententiously — adverb in a pithy sententious manner she expressed herself pithily • Syn: ↑pithily • Derived from adjective: ↑sententious, ↑pithy (for: ↑pithily) … Useful english dictionary
sententious — sententiously, adv. sententiousness, sententiosity /sen ten shee os i tee/, n. /sen ten sheuhs/, adj. 1. abounding in pithy aphorisms or maxims: a sententious book. 2. given to excessive moralizing; self righteous. 3. given to or using pithy… … Universalium
pithily — adverb in a pithy sententious manner she expressed herself pithily • Syn: ↑sententiously • Derived from adjective: ↑sententious (for: ↑sententiously), ↑pithy … Useful english dictionary
