sententious - Dictionary definition and meaning for word sententious
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Sentence+less - Someone who can concisely explain his views in just a few sentences (less sentences used).
Sententious: think of it as "Sentence + Conscious". Person who is sentence conscious will be terse or brief.
sentence+ious... full sentence in one word.
SENTENTIOUS-> SENTENCE+TENSION. "In a TENSION filled debate, you may only get one SENTENCE in; so, be SENTENTIOUS."
SENTENTIOUS means filled with SENTIMENT(feeling).
sen ten. sen is sanity/intelligence. ten = 10/10. trying to show off u r 10/10 on intelligence
say so much in one sentence that it is better than a whole story.
Sentencing us to tension with your excessive moralizing - at least you're pithy!
Everyone on the beach was shocked when the local authorities SENTENced US for mixed bathing.
The judge read the sentence with a sententious look