2 definitions found From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: 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. [1913 Webster] How he apes his sire, Ambitiously sententious! --Addison. [1913 Webster] 2. Comprising or representing sentences; sentential. [Obs.] "Sententious marks." --Grew. [1913 Webster] -- {Sen*ten"tious*ly}, adv. -- {Sen*ten"tious*ness}, n. [1913 Webster] From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]: sententiously adv : in a pithy sententious manner; "she expressed herself pithily" [syn: {pithy}]
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