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Definition
annoying attempt to sound smart or important
or more rarely (and typically in classic literature):
expressing wisdom or knowledge concisely
or more rarely (and typically in classic literature):
expressing wisdom or knowledge concisely
- 'Thoughtcrime is a dreadful thing, old man,' he said sententiously.p. 233.4
sententiously = in an annoying attempt to sound smart
There are no more uses of "sententious" in 1984 by Orwell.
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