sententiously

Adverb

Meaning

in a pithy sententious manner

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Synonyms

pithily curtly shortly briefly abruptly appropriately summarily bluntly concisely compactly pithy crisply didactically brusquely pointedly
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Antonyms

greatly extensively lately endlessly distantly considerably
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Examples

To a great mind, nothing is little,' remarked Holmes, sententiously. Arthur Conan Doyle

The poets make Fame a monster. They describe her in part finely and elegantly, and in part gravely and sententiously. They say, look how many feathers she hath, so many eyes she hath underneath; so many tongues; so many voices; she pricks up so many ears. Francis Bacon

"Better to make haste slowly than not at all,” said Amnir sententiously. Leigh Brackett

she expressed herself pithily Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

sententiosity sententious sententious truth sententiousness Senter sentery