- 1. a. Abounding with sentences, axioms, and maxims; full of meaning; terse and energetic in expression; pithy; as, a sententious style or discourse; sententious truth. Source: opted
- 2. a. Comprising or representing sentences; sentential. Source: opted
- 3. adj. abounding in or given to pompous or aphoristic moralizing Source: wordnet
- 4. adj. concise and full of meaning Source: wordnet
- 5. 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. Source: webster
- 6. s. abounding in or given to pompous or aphoristic moralizing Source: ecdict
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