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Definitions for sententiously
sen·ten·tious·ly
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Princeton's WordNet
pithily, sententiouslyadverb
in a pithy sententious manner
"she expressed herself pithily"
Wiktionary
sententiouslyadverb
In a sententious manner, concisely, pithily.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Sententiouslyadverb
In short sentences; with striking brevity.
Etymology: from sententious.
They describe her in part finely and elegantly, and in part gravely and sententiously: they say, look how many feathers she hath, so many eyes she hath underneath. Francis Bacon, Essays.
Nausicaa delivers her judgment sententiously, to give it more weight. William Broome.
ChatGPT
sententiously
Sententiously means expressing something in a concise, moralizing, and often pompous or preachy manner. It often refers to the tendency of using brief, wise, or catchy phrases like proverbs during speech or writing.
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of sententiously in Chaldean Numerology is: 7
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of sententiously in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9
Translations for sententiously
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- sentenciosamentCatalan, Valencian
- sentenciosamenteSpanish
- sentencieusementFrench
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