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Synonyms for sententious
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : sen-ten-shuhs |
| Phonetic Transcription : sɛnˈtɛn ʃəs |
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Définition of sententious
Origin :- mid-15c., "full of meaning," from Middle French sententieux, from Latin sententiosus "full of meaning, pithy," from sententia "thought; expression of a thought" (see sentence (n.)). Meaning "addicted to pompous moralizing" first recorded 1590s. Related: Sententiously; sententiousness.
- adj compact
- adj pompous
- adj concise
- His language has the richness and sententious fullness of the Chinese.
- Extract from : « The Last of the Mohicans » by James Fenimore Cooper
- "Such do the most ill," Colonel John retorted, with sententious severity.
- Extract from : « The Wild Geese » by Stanley John Weyman
- "Grieved to hear it, Mr. Carew," was the grave, sententious reply.
- Extract from : « Sir Jasper Carew » by Charles James Lever
- Its short, sententious sentences were altogether to his mind.
- Extract from : « The Golden Shoemaker » by J. W. Keyworth
- "That's lucky," was the sententious comment of the old doctor.
- Extract from : « Three People » by Pansy
- Maria spoke in a sort of sententious wisdom which did not satisfy me at all.
- Extract from : « Daisy » by Elizabeth Wetherell
- "You can not always believe what you read," was the sententious rejoinder.
- Extract from : « Hester's Counterpart » by Jean K. Baird
- I don't mean to be sententious, but this is the death-grapple that is coming.
- Extract from : « Before the Dawn » by Joseph Alexander Altsheler
- "Avarice supersedes enterprise," added the sententious Augustus.
- Extract from : « Paul Clifford, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
- "I am glad to have proved the strength of my brother," was the sententious reply.
- Extract from : « Prisoners of Hope » by Mary Johnston
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