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sententious

/sen-ten-shuhs/US // sɛnˈtɛn ʃəs //UK // (sɛnˈtɛnʃəs) //

感性的,感性,多情的,感情丰富的

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : abounding in pithy aphorisms or maxims: a sententious book.
    • : given to excessive moralizing; self-righteous.
    • : given to or using pithy sayings or maxims: a sententious poet.
    • : of the nature of a maxim; pithy.

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Examples

  • "No fief can remain in the possession of a woman," was the sententious utterance of the bailiff.

  • “He may delay his defense if he like,” said a sententious young officer to whom I had imparted this natural wish.

  • Another long and deliberate pause succeeded these sententious questions and ready replies.

  • As soon as the door had closed behind him, several of the gamesters exchanged sententious nods and glances.

  • Thus appealed to, however, he answered his friend in his ordinary sententious manner.