The Collaborative International Dictionary
Sententiously
Sententious \Sen*ten"tious\, a.[L. sentenciosus: cf. F. sentencieux.]
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Abounding with sentences, axioms, and maxims; full of meaning; terse and energetic in expression; pithy; as, a sententious style or discourse; sententious truth.
How he apes his sire, Ambitiously sententious!
--Addison. Comprising or representing sentences; sentential. [Obs.] ``Sententious marks.''
--Grew. [1913 Webster] -- Sen*ten"tious*ly, adv. -- Sen*ten"tious*ness, n.
Wiktionary
sententiously
adv. In a sententious manner, concisely, pithily.
WordNet
sententiously
adv. in a pithy sententious manner; "she expressed herself pithily" [syn: pithy]
Usage examples of "sententiously".
Jacko sententiously, and he leant so far back on the top of his step-ladder that Martyn hurriedly grasped it.