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sententious

adjective

Concise and full of meaning

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Word length
11
Starts with
S
Ends with
S
Contains
EN
Scrabble score
11

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Pronunciation

sɛnˈtɛn.ʃəs

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adjective

  1. Concise and full of meaning

    “Welcomed her pithy comments”

adjective

  1. 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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