SENTENTIOUS
(adj.) concise and full of meaning
"welcomed her pithy comments", "the peculiarly sardonic and sententious style in which Don Luis composed his epigrams"
synonyms : pithyHe welcomed her pithy comments. -added by naila_inlas
(adj.) abounding in or given to pompous or aphoristic moralizing
"too often the significant episode deteriorates into sententious conversation"
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Mnemonics for sententious
(Tag: ) Sentence+less - Someone who can concisely explain his views in just a few sentences (less sentences used).
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(Tag: global) Sententious: think of it as "Sentence + Conscious". Person who is sentence conscious will be terse or brief.
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(Tag: ) sentence+ious... full sentence in one word.
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(Tag: ) SENTENTIOUS-> SENTENCE+TENSION. "In a TENSION filled debate, you may only get one SENTENCE in; so, be SENTENTIOUS."
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(Tag: ) SENTENTIOUS means filled with SENTIMENT(feeling).
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(Tag: ) sentence+ious... full sentence in one word.
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(Tag: ) sen ten. sen is sanity/intelligence. ten = 10/10. trying to show off u r 10/10 on intelligence
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(Tag: ) say so much in one sentence that it is better than a whole story.
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(Tag: ) Everyone on the beach was shocked when the local authorities SENTENced US for mixed bathing.
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(Tag: ) Sentencing us to tension with your excessive moralizing - at least you're pithy!
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