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adj. Terse and energetic in expression; pithy.

adj. Abounding in aphorisms.

adj. Given to aphoristic utterances.

adj. Abounding in pompous moralizing.

adj. Given to pompous moralizing.

adj. Full of meaning.

adj. Using as few words as possible; pithy and concise.

adj. Tending to use aphorisms or maxims, especially given to trite moralizing.

adj. Abounding with sentences, axioms, and maxims; full of meaning; terse and energetic in expression; pithy.

adj. Comprising or representing sentences; sentential.

Full of pithy sentences or sayings; pithy; terse: as, a sententious style or discourse; sententious truth.

Given to the use of pithy or axiomatic sayings or sentences.

Same as sentential, 2.

Synonyms Laconic, pointed, compact.

adj. abounding in or given to pompous or aphoristic moralizing

adj. concise and full of meaning

"Although Buddy did not know the word "sententious," the people he described were the embodiment of it -- licensed bores, as all aborigines seemed to be (so he implied), who had a proverb or a biblical passage for every reversal in life."

pretentious    concise   

pithy    sentential    concis    concise    aphoristic   

pithy    epigrammatic    terse    laconic    incisive