sententious

English - Turkish

Definition of sententious in English Turkish dictionary: özdeyişlerle konuşan; özdeyişli sözlerle dolu; {s} anlamlı sözlerle dolu; {s} kısa ve özlü; {s} özlü; {s} vecizelerle konuşan; ağır sententiously vecize kabilinden; veciz; {s} öğüt verir gibi konuşan; {s} tumturaklı (söz/yazı/konuşma); manalı; sententiousness vecizeli oluş
sententiously: veciz bir şekilde

English - English

Definition of sententious in English English dictionary: Tending to use aphorisms or maxims, especially given to trite moralizing; Using as few words as possible; pithy and concise; Full of meaning; {a} short and energetic; Given to trite moralizing; Abounding with sentences, axioms, and maxims; full of meaning; terse and energetic in expression; pithy; as, a sententious style or discourse; sententious truth; {s} sanctimonious, self-righteous; full of (Atasözü)s, abounding in maxims; abounding in or given to pompous or aphoristic moralizing; "too often the significant episode deteriorates into sententious conversation"- Kathleen Barnes; telling people how they should behave - used in order to show disapproval (sententiosus , from sententia; SENTENCE); concise and full of meaning; "welcomed her pithy comments"; "the peculiarly sardonic and sententious style in which Don Luis composed his epigrams"- Hervey Allen; Comprising or representing sentences; sentential
sententiously: In a sententious manner, concisely, pithily
sententiousness: The state or condition of being sententious
sententiously: {a} with striking brevity, pithily
sententiousness: {n} pithiness, conciseness
sententiously: sanctimoniously, self-righteously
sententiousness: {i} sanctimoniousness, self-righteousness

sententious

Hyphenation

sen·ten·tious

() From Latin sententiōsus, from sententia (“opinion, purpose”).

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