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Associations to the word «Sententious»

Wiktionary

SENTENTIOUS, adjective. (obsolete) Full of meaning.
SENTENTIOUS, adjective. Using as few words as possible; pithy and concise.
SENTENTIOUS, adjective. Tending to use aphorisms or maxims, especially given to trite moralizing.

Dictionary definition

SENTENTIOUS, adjective. Abounding in or given to pompous or aphoristic moralizing; "too often the significant episode deteriorates into sententious conversation"- Kathleen Barnes.
SENTENTIOUS, adjective. Concise and full of meaning; "welcomed her pithy comments"; "the peculiarly sardonic and sententious style in which Don Luis composed his epigrams"- Hervey Allen.

Wise words

Occasionally in life there are those moments of unutterable fulfillment which cannot be completely explained by those symbols called words. Their meanings can only be articulated by the inaudible language of the heart.
Martin Luther King Jr.