01 a. Abounding with sentences, axioms, and maxims; full of meaning; terse and energetic in expression; pithy; as, a sententious style or discour…
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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.
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Comprising or representing sentences; sentential.[Obs.]