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sententious
adjective
concise and full of meaning
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Pronunciation
sɛnˈtɛn.ʃəs
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adjective
concise and full of meaning
“welcomed her pithy comments”
adjective
abounding in or given to pompous or aphoristic moralizing
“{'source': 'Kathleen Barnes', 'text': 'too often the significant episode deteriorates into sententious conversation'}”
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welcomed her pithy comments
{'source': 'Hervey Allen', 'text': 'the peculiarly sardonic and sententious style in which Don Luis composed his epigrams'}
{'source': 'Kathleen Barnes', 'text': 'too often the significant episode deteriorates into sententious conversation'}
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