sententious
sententious is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 1 sense, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.Comprising or representing sentences; sentential. [Obs.] "Sententious marks." Grew. --- Sen*ten"tious*ly, adv. -- Sen*ten"tious*ness, n.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- abridge
- abridgment
- abstract
- alliteration
- alliterative
- altiloquence
- altiloquent
- and
- antithesis
- antithetical
- artificial
- bold
- boldness
- bombast
- bombastic
- breath
- brevity
- brief
- briefly
- burn
- close
- come
- comes
- command
- compact
- compendious
- compendium
- compressed
- compression
- concise
- concisely
- conciseness
- condense
- crisp
- curt
- cut
- declamation
- declamatory
- elegance
- elevated
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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