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SENTENTIOUSLY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does sententiously mean?
• SENTENTIOUSLY (adverb)
The adverb SENTENTIOUSLY has 1 sense:
1. in a pithy sententious manner
Familiarity information: SENTENTIOUSLY used as an adverb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
In a pithy sententious manner
Synonyms:
pithily; sententiously
Context example:
she expressed herself pithily
Pertainym:
sententious (concise and full of meaning)
Context examples
“Of grub,” he concluded sententiously.
(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)
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