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sentential

American

[sen-ten-shuhl] / sɛnˈtɛn ʃəl /

adjective

pertaining to or of the nature of a sentence.

Other Word Forms

sententially adverb

Etymology

Origin of sentential

1425–75; late Middle English, equivalent to Latin sententi ( a ) sentence + -al ¹

Example Sentences

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But the fact he doesn’t specify it’s sentential hopefully he’s worried about shows he already recognises it is the standard usage.

From The Guardian • Jul. 29, 2019

Aegerrime tulit sacrorum interpretationem ex sectis sophistarum peti; et Platonis, Aristotelis, Thomas Aquinatis, Scoti; suoque tempore Cartesii, cogitata metaphysica adhiberi pro legibus, ad quas eastigarentur sacrorum scriptorum de Deo sentential.

From The Works of Samuel Johnson, Volume 06 Reviews, Political Tracts, and Lives of Eminent Persons by Johnson, Samuel

The prepositions, after, before, ere, since, till, and until, frequently govern sentential nouns; and after, before, since, notwithstanding, and some others, frequently govern a noun or pronoun understood.

From The Grammar of English Grammars by Brown, Goold

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