sententious English

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sententious

— adjective abounding in or given to pompous or aphoristic moralizing too often the significant episode deteriorates into sententious conversation — Kathleen Barnes

— adjective (= pithy) concise and full of meaning welcomed her pithy comments the peculiarly sardonic and sententious style in which Don Luis composed his epigrams — Hervey Allen

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laconic

concise

terse

pithy

grandiloquent

curt

brief

uninteresting

turgid

tumid

tightly knit

tightlipped

tight-knit

tight

telegraphic

summary

succinct

significant

short

serried

semantic

sealed

purple

prolix

preachy

pontifical

pompous

outstanding

orotund

notable

medullary

material

magniloquent

humdrum

high-flown

hifalutin

heavy

handsome

flamboyant

epigrammatic

dull

drab

dense

conspicuous

considerable

compact

close

bombastic

aphoristic