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单词 sententiously
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sententiously


sen·ten·tious

S0269600 (sĕn-tĕn′shəs)adj.1. Terse and energetic in expression; pithy.2. Full of or given to using aphorisms, especially in a pompously moralizing manner.
[Middle English, from Old French sententieux, from Latin sententiōsus, full of meaning, from sententia, opinion; see sentence.]
sen·ten′tious·ly adv.sen·ten′tious·ness n.
Thesaurus
Adv.1.sententiously - in a pithy sententious manner; "she expressed herself pithily"pithily
Translations
sentencieusement

sententiously


Related to sententiously: otiose, multifarious, insuperable
  • adv

Synonyms for sententiously

adv in a pithy sententious manner

Synonyms

  • pithily
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