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sententiously

[ sen-ten-shuhs-lee ]

adverb

  1. in the manner of a pithy saying or aphorism:

    “A camel is the only wealth that carries itself,” observed Digby sententiously.

  2. 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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Chloe fervidly supports him, admitting that she — and her generation, she adds sententiously — “didn’t do enough. We stood by and watched it all happen.”

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"If a person wants to be the nominee of the Republican Party, there can be no evasion and no games," Ryan told reporters sententiously.

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“But one’s got to make the effort,” she said, sententiously, “one’s got to play the game. After all, every one belongs to every one else.”

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“Thought- crime is a dreadful thing, old man,” he said sententiously.

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"When I was touring in Switzerland last autumn," says Fentiman sententiously, "I gave one whole day to Schaffhausen, and it amply repaid me for the time and trouble."

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