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sententious

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1. sententious - Adjective

2. sententious - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

Abounding with sentences, axioms, and maxims; full of meaning; terse and energetic in expression; pithy; as, a sententious style or discourse; sententious truth.

Comprising or representing sentences; sentential.

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welcomed her pithy comments Source: Internet

the peculiarly sardonic and sententious style in which Don Luis composed his epigrams Source: Internet

too often the significant episode deteriorates into sententious conversation Source: Internet

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