sententious

adjectiveB2

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Tính từ

adjective

Comparative

more sententious

Superlative

most sententious

1.
Using as few words as possible; pithy and concise.
2.
Tending to use aphorisms or maxims; especially, to such an extent as to engage in trite moralizing, even self-righteously so.
His sententious remarks quickly bored the audience.
3.
(obsolete)Full of meaning.

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Đồng nghĩa

aphoristicconcisepithyusing as few words as possible concise, pithytending to use aphorisms aphoristic

Cùng gốc / liên quan

oversententious unsententious sententiosity sententiously sententiousness sentential

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Nguồn gốc từ

From la sententiōsus, from sententia (opinion, purpose).