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Definition of Sententiously

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. How he apes his sire, Ambitiously sententious! --Addison. 2. Comprising or representing sentences; sentential. [Obs.] ``Sententious marks.' --Grew. --- Sen*ten"tious*ly, adv. -- Sen*ten"tious*ness, n.

Meaning of Sententiously from wikipedia

- Self-righteousness (also called sanctimony, sententiousness, and holier-than-thou attitudes) is an attitude and belief of moral superiority derived from...
- Susannah (21 September 2014). "Ballyturk review – frenzied, incessant, sententious". Stage reviews. The Guardian. Archived from the original on 14 October...
- 2022. Retrieved 13 September 2022. Whitehead, Ted (21 October 1978). "Sententious". The Spectator. p. 30. Lester, Catherine (13 December 2018). "Watership...
- its utmost purity and perfection... and of Tacitus, his conceits and sententious style is not that of the golden age... Evidently, Teuffel received ideas...
- almost certainly unintentional, but everything about James Clavell's sententious script ... suggests that he sees his hero as a Saviour figure, nobly...
- "heavyhandedness" he saw in some of the writing, noting especially the "sententious lectures about the nature of police work" delivered to Sherman by Cooper...
- tradition, the philosopher bequeathed to posterity in rhythmical form and sententious brevity, this is notably recorded: "Humble yourselves, my descendants;...
- 1879. It is translated from the German "with the omission of the long sententious lectures found in the original." Around the same year, an abridged version...
- his son Laertes, who is leaving for France, in the form of a list of sententious maxims. He finishes by giving his son his blessing, and is apparently...
- Bulletin wrote that the film "almost falls flat when it indulges in sententious philosophising about the need for Russians and Americans to live peacefully...