| ADJECTIVE | all | sententious | abounding in or given to pompous or aphoristic moralizing |
|---|---|---|---|
| all | sententious, pithy | concise and full of meaning / meaning |
| Meaning | abounding in or given to pompous or aphoristic moralizing. | |
|---|---|---|
| Example | "too often the significant episode deteriorates into sententious conversation"- Kathleen Barnes | |
| Broader | pretentious | making claim to or creating an appearance of (often undeserved) importance or distinction |
| Spanish | sentenciosa | |
| Meaning | concise and full of meaning / meaning. | |
|---|---|---|
| Example | "the peculiarly sardonic and sententious style in which Don Luis composed his epigrams"- Hervey Allen | |
| Synonym | pithy | |
| Broader | concise | Expressing much in few words |
| Spanish | conciso, lacónico, sentencioso, vivo | |
| Adverbs | sententiously | in a pithy sententious manner |
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