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Definition of Sententious
1. Adjective. Abounding in or given to pompous or aphoristic moralizing. "Too often the significant episode deteriorates into sententious conversation"
Similar to: Pretentious
2. Adjective. Concise and full of meaning. "The peculiarly sardonic and sententious style in which Don Luis composed his epigrams"
Definition of Sententious
1. a. Abounding with sentences, axioms, and maxims; full of meaning; terse and energetic in expression; pithy; as, a sententious style or discourse; sententious truth.
Definition of Sententious
1. Adjective. (obsolete) Full of meaning. ¹
2. Adjective. Using as few words as possible; pithy and concise. ¹
3. Adjective. Tending to use aphorisms or maxims, especially given to trite moralizing. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Sententious
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