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Sententious
Sententious meaning
Using as few words as possible; pithy and concise. | Tending to use aphorisms or maxims; especially, to such an extent as to engage in trite moralizing, even self-righteously so. | Full of meaning.
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Example sentences (2)
Cherry-picking some of the worst examples imaginable — the play also features Elle Fanning as Frank’s sententious, sage-smudging fiancée and Graham Campbell as Toni’s drug-dealing son — Jacobs-Jenkins makes a convincing if despairing case.
Only the vivid image of the warped planks keeps this remark from being the type of sententious counsel that Polonius might have given his son.