Associations to the word «Sententious»
Noun
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Wiktionary
SENTENTIOUS, adjective. (obsolete) Full of meaning.
SENTENTIOUS, adjective. Using as few words as possible; pithy and concise.
SENTENTIOUS, adjective. Tending to use aphorisms or maxims, especially given to trite moralizing.
Dictionary definition
SENTENTIOUS, adjective. Abounding in or given to pompous or aphoristic moralizing; "too often the significant episode deteriorates into sententious conversation"- Kathleen Barnes.
SENTENTIOUS, adjective. Concise and full of meaning; "welcomed her pithy comments"; "the peculiarly sardonic and sententious style in which Don Luis composed his epigrams"- Hervey Allen.
Wise words
Don't use words too big for the subject. Don't say
"infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise you'll have no
word left when you want to talk about something really
infinite.