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Webster 1913 Edition

Adj.

[L.

sentenciosus

: cf. F.

sentencieux

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.

Comprising or representing sentences; sentential.

[Obs.]

“Sententious marks.”

Grew.

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Sen-ten′tious-ly

adv.

–

Sen-ten′tious-ness

Noun.

Adj.

1. Abounding with sentences, axioms and maxims; short and energetic; as a sententious style or discourse; sententious truth.

How he apes his sire,

Ambitiously sententious. Addison.

2. Comprising sentences; as sententious marks.

[This should be sentential.]