sententious
Definisie in die woordeboek Engels
sententious
/sɛnˈtɛn.ʃəs/, /sɛnˈtɛnt.ʃəs/
Definisies
(obsolete) Full of meaning.
Using as few words as possible; pithy and concise.
Tending to use aphorisms or maxims, especially given to trite moralizing.
sinonieme
concise · pretentious · pithy
pithy
concise and full of meaning; "welcomed her pithy comments"; "the peculiarly sardonic and sententious style in which Don Luis composed his epigrams"- Hervey Allen
grammatika
sententious ( comparative more sententious, superlative most sententious)
sententious (comparative more sententious, superlative most sententious)
Sententious
voorbeelde
Advanced filtering
said her mother, sententiously, and departed upstairs to her own room, not so much as glancing at Aglaya.MIZAN MIZAN
“There’s nothing to beat culture,” Picó remarked sententiously to the doctor’s wife.Literature Literature
“You keep smoking that draw, you’re going to have a mental age of three soon,” Dennis added sententiously.Literature Literature
"""Thoughtcrime is a dreadful thing, old man,"" he said sententiously."Literature Literature
‘But one’s got to make the effort,’ she said sententiously, ‘one’s got to play the game.Literature Literature
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Wittgenstein is to be credited with the invention or at least the popularization of truth tables (4.31) and truth conditions (4.431) which now constitute the standard semantic analysis of first-order sentential logic.WikiMatrix WikiMatrix
"""My guests are always welcome,"" answered the fisherman, sententiously."Literature Literature
“And that,” put in the Director sententiously, “that is the secret of happiness and virtue–liking what you've got to do.Literature Literature
The Indians ejaculated their assent; but Gershom was a man who could not express anything sententiously.Literature Literature
"""Fare thee well, then,"" said Lowestoffe, ""most sapient and sententious Master Moniplies."Literature Literature
the elder declared sententiously.MIZAN MIZAN
“Impurity is the mother of all vices,” sententiously rejoined Mademoiselle Angélique.Literature Literature
People can thrash a man for anything, Maximov concluded, briefly and sententiously.MIZAN MIZAN
"""What's bad in the Highlands is not better here,"" returned Wilson sententiously."Literature Literature
‘A man is judged by his appearance today,’ said Ben sententiously.Literature Literature
The sense of any sub-sentential expression consists in its contribution to the thought that its embedding sentence expresses.WikiMatrix WikiMatrix
The Ryukyuan languages have topic and focus markers, which may take different forms depending on the sentential context.WikiMatrix WikiMatrix
“Well, marriage is one o’ them things that sooner or later you can’t get out of no matter what you do — the menfolk, I mean,” the old man declared sententiously.chv-corpus chv-corpus
And the sententious towel, like a person who has nothing to say, but thinks he must say something all the same, gave him this reflection, full of good sense but not very apposite, that to enjoy the morning you must rise early.MIZAN MIZAN
“Many have got their beards frozen,” the peasant uttered calmly and sententiously in reply.Literature Literature
And she added sententiously with the solemnity which the true German brings naturally to the performance of the familiar duties of daily life:MIZAN MIZAN
“A dog winnet yowl an ye hit him with a bone, but a spy is worse ner ony dog,” answered Matthew sententiously.Literature Literature
Poirot said somewhat sententiously: ‘It is true that there are many strange things in life.’Literature Literature
“It’s a rough deal when any man goes rotten,” Forest said sententiously.Literature Literature
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