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sententious |
Overview of adj sententious The adj sententious has 2 senses (no senses from tagged texts) 1. sententious -- (abounding in or given to pompous or aphoristic moralizing; "too often the significant episode deteriorates into sententious conversation"- Kathleen Barnes) 2. pithy, sententious -- (concise and full of meaning; "welcomed her pithy comments"; "the peculiarly sardonic and sententious style in which Don Luis composed his epigrams"- Hervey Allen) Antonyms of adj sententious 2 senses of sententious Sense 1 sententious INDIRECT (VIA pretentious) -> unpretentious Sense 2 pithy, sententious INDIRECT (VIA concise) -> prolix Similarity of adj sententious 2 senses of sententious Sense 1 sententious => pretentious (vs. unpretentious) Sense 2 pithy, sententious => concise (vs. prolix) Attributes of adj sententious Familiarity of adj sententious sententious used as an adjective is rare (polysemy count = 2) Grep of adj sententious sententious Overview of adj sententious The adj sententious has 2 senses (no senses from tagged texts) 1. sententious -- (abounding in or given to pompous or aphoristic moralizing; "too often the significant episode deteriorates into sententious conversation"- Kathleen Barnes) 2. pithy, sententious -- (concise and full of meaning; "welcomed her pithy comments"; "the peculiarly sardonic and sententious style in which Don Luis composed his epigrams"- Hervey Allen)
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