sententious
adjective
abounding in pithy aphorisms or maxims.
sententiousness
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a word derived from
sententious.
Example Sentences
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Patrena Murray so emphasizes Benjamin Franklin’s winky sententiousness that he seems like a joke, not a brilliant tactician.
From New York Times ● Oct. 6, 2022
The formal power of Limón’s group choreography cuts through the sententiousness and martyrdom.
From New York Times ● Apr. 20, 2022
Some of Lovell’s descriptive epithets even recall the comic sententiousness of Ernest Bramah’s tall tales about the resourceful Kai Lung.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 3, 2021
His solemnity and sententiousness are much better, much funnier, coming from someone so "young".
From The Guardian ● May 18, 2012
Mr. Ludsbury emitted a single chuckle from deep in his throat, then his face turned brick red momentarily and he assumed his customary sententiousness.
From "A Separate Peace" by John Knowles
