Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

sententiously

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.18 in modern English

Syllables: sen-ten-tious-ly
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

In a sententious manner, concisely, pithily.

Example Sentences

""We shall see to-morrow," said the doctor. "We shall," replied Lady Anne, very sententiously."
""It 's an ill wind dat blows nowhar, — dat ar a fact," said Sam, sententiously, giving an additional hoist to his pantaloons, and adroitly substituting a long nail in place of a missing suspender-button, with which effort of mechanical genius he seemed highly delighted."
"He became very cool and collected all at once. ‘I am not such a fool as I look, quoth Plato to his disciples,’ he said sententiously, emptied his glass with great resolution, and we rose."

Etymology

Etymology tree English sententious Middle English -ly English -ly English sententiously From sententious + -ly.

Inflected Forms

more sententiously (comparative) most sententiously (superlative) sentenciously (alternative)

Synonyms

pithily

Questions

What does sententiously mean?: In a sententious manner, concisely, pithily.
Where does sententiously come from?: Etymology tree English sententious Middle English -ly English -ly English sententiously From sententious + -ly.

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