Hypertext Webster Gateway: "sententiously"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

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.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

sententiously
adv : in a pithy sententious manner; "she expressed herself
pithily" [syn: {pithy}]


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