Sententiously

Quick meaning: Sententiously is an adverb meaning In a sententious manner, concisely, pithily.

Meaning

In a sententious manner, concisely, pithily.

Example Sentences

"We shall see to-morrow," said the doctor. "We shall," replied Lady Anne, very sententiously.

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.

"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.

Word Forms

• sentenciously

Synonyms for sententiously

Depending on context, synonyms include pithy.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include pithy, sentenciously, pithily, succinctly, sententially, tersely.

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