#sententious

[n8sententia]

[errantheat]

i am the only one that thinks i’m going crazy and i don’t know what to do

[englishlistwords]

Sententious

a.1. Abounding with sentences, axioms, and maxims; full of meaning; terse and energetic in expression; pithy; as, a sententious style or discourse; sententious truth.

How he apes his sire, Ambitiously sententious!- Addison.

2. Comprising or representing sentences; sentential.

[tinysciencecow]

"A message from the past"—dramatic pause—'from those who lived in it," concluded the presenter sententiously.

Olivia Joules and the Overactive Imagination by Helen Fielding

sententious:

given to moralizing in a pompous or affected manner. "he tried to encourage his men with sententious rhetoric"

--Google dictionary

[tinysciencecow]

Then Tom rose sententiously, walked calmly, if unsteadily, to the fridge, returned with a packet of chocolate buttons and a bottle of Chardonnay, and pulled a packet of Silk Cut out of his jacket pocket.

Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy by Helen Fielding

sententious:

given to moralizing in a pompous or affected manner. "he tried to encourage his men with sententious rhetoric"

--Google dictionary

[tinysciencecow]

writing sententious social commentary as if it's the conclusion to years of in-depth research rather than 1200 words to file on a dead-line, ruining people's lives and relationships, based on something they overheard in the gastropub and a couple of blurry photographs in Heat magazine.

Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy by Helen Fielding

sententious:

given to moralizing in a pompous or affected manner. "he tried to encourage his men with sententious rhetoric"

--Google dictionary

[postersbykeith]

[tinysciencecow]

Mr. Croup coughed sententiously and delivered his punch line.

Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman

sententious:

given to moralizing in a pompous or affected manner. "he tried to encourage his men with sententious rhetoric"

synonyms: moralistic, moralizing, sanctimonious, self-righteous, pietistic, pious, priggish, judgmental; pompous, pontifical, self-important; (informal) preachy

--Google dictionary