sententiously
Americanadverb
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in the manner of a pithy saying or aphorism.
“A camel is the only wealth that carries itself,” observed Digby sententiously.
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in a way that is self-righteous or excessively moralizing.
The novel is not sententiously written, but its lessons are clear and well taken.
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The "march" was an amazing piece of Administration demagoguery to New York's Representative Hamilton Fish Jr. Sententiously remarked he: "Whom the gods destroy, they first make mad."
From Time Magazine Archive
Sententiously commented Perfumer Coty's Le Figaro: "The strength of the French Army is the best guarantee of the peace of Europe."
From Time Magazine Archive
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