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sententious
1 ENTRIES FOUND:
sententious
(adjective)
sententious
/sɛn
ˈ
tɛnʃəs/
adjective
sententious
/sɛn
ˈ
tɛnʃəs/
adjective
Britannica Dictionary definition of SENTENTIOUS
[
more sententious; most sententious
]
formal + disapproving
:
having or expressing strong opinions about what people should and should not do
a smug and
sententious
writer
a
sententious
speech
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— sententiously
adverb
He spoke
sententiously
.
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