What does sententiously mean?
Sententiously means In a sententious manner, concisely, pithily..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · adverb
In a sententious manner, concisely, pithily..
"We shall see to-morrow," said the doctor. "We shall," replied Lady Anne, very sententiously.
"It 's an ill wind dat blows nowhar, — dat ar a fact," said Sam, sententiously, giving an additional hoist to his pantaloons, and adroitly substituting a long nail in place of a missing suspender-button, with which effort of mechanical genius he seemed highly delighted.
He became very cool and collected all at once. ‘I am not such a fool as I look, quoth Plato to his disciples,’ he said sententiously, emptied his glass with great resolution, and we rose.
Use sententiously when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Sententiously means In a sententious manner, concisely, pithily..
Common synonyms include pithy.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
"We shall see to-morrow," said the doctor. "We shall," replied Lady Anne, very sententiously.
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