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Definition
(adj) abounding in or given to pompous or aphoristic moralizing

Example Sentence

Definition
(adj) concise and full of meaning

Synonyms : pithy

Example Sentence

welcomed her pithy comments
the peculiarly sardonic and sententious style in which Don Luis composed his epigrams

Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for sententious

Sentence+less - Someone who can concisely explain his views in just a few sentences (less sentences used).

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Sententious: think of it as "Sentence + Conscious". Person who is sentence conscious will be terse or brief.

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sentence+ious... full sentence in one word.

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SENTENTIOUS-> SENTENCE+TENSION. "In a TENSION filled debate, you may only get one SENTENCE in; so, be SENTENTIOUS."

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SENTENTIOUS means filled with SENTIMENT(feeling).

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sentence+ious... full sentence in one word.

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sen ten. sen is sanity/intelligence. ten = 10/10. trying to show off u r 10/10 on intelligence

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say so much in one sentence that it is better than a whole story.

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Sentencing us to tension with your excessive moralizing - at least you're pithy!

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Everyone on the beach was shocked when the local authorities SENTENced US for mixed bathing.

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The judge read the sentence with a sententious look

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