sententious
a . 简洁的,警句的,富于格言的
简洁的,警句的,富於格言的
sententious adj 1 :
abounding in or given to pompous or aphoristic moralizing ; "
too often the significant episode deteriorates into sententious conversation "-
Kathleen Barnes 2 :
concise and full of meaning ; "
welcomed her pithy comments ";
"
the peculiarly sardonic and sententious style in which Don Luis composed his epigrams "-
Hervey Allen [
synonym : {
pithy },
{
sententious }]
Sententious \
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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 .
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1913 Webster ]
How he apes his sire ,
Ambitiously sententious ! --
Addison .
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1913 Webster ]
2 .
Comprising or representing sentences ;
sentential . [
Obs .]
"
Sententious marks ." --
Grew .
[
1913 Webster ] -- {
Sen *
ten "
tious *
ly },
adv . --
{
Sen *
ten "
tious *
ness },
n .
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1913 Webster ]
150 Moby Thesaurus words for "
sententious ":
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big -
sounding ,
brief ,
brusque ,
cautionary ,
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compact ,
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crisp ,
curt ,
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didactic ,
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high -
flowing ,
high -
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high -
flying ,
high -
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hortative ,
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indicative ,
inkhorn ,
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lurid ,
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monitorial ,
monitory ,
moralistic ,
orotund ,
ostentatious ,
overdone ,
overelaborate ,
overinvolved ,
overwrought ,
pedantic ,
piquant ,
pithy ,
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pointed ,
pompous ,
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SENTENTIOUS Definition Meaning - Merriam-Webster The meaning of SENTENTIOUS is given to or abounding in aphoristic expression Did you know?
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