sententiously

Variant of sententious

sententious definition

sen·ten·tious (sen ten′s̸həs)

adjective

  1. expressing much in few words; short and pithy; pointed
  2. full of, or fond of using, maxims, proverbs, etc., esp. in a way that is ponderously trite and moralizing

Etymology: L sententiosus < sententia: see sentence

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