adj ·Moderate ·High school level

Definitions

Adjective

1. 1
   Using as few words as possible; pithy and concise.
2. 2
   Tending to use aphorisms or maxims; especially, to such an extent as to engage in trite moralizing, even self-righteously so.

   "His sententious remarks quickly bored the audience."

3. 3
   Full of meaning. obsolete

Adjective

1. 1
   concise and full of meaning wordnet
2. 2
   abounding in or given to pompous or aphoristic moralizing wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

aphoristicconcisepithypretentiousabbreviatedabridged

Example

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"His sententious remarks quickly bored the audience."

Etymology

From Latin sententiōsus, from sententia (“opinion, purpose”).

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