Both Uses of
sententious
in
Crime and Punishment
- "Except them, there's everything to be found, my boy," the elder declared sententiously.†
Chpt 2.6 *
- "Love for the future partner of your life, for your husband, ought to outweigh your love for your brother," he pronounced sententiously, "and in any case I cannot be put on the same level….†
Chpt 4.2
Definition:
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(sententious) annoying attempt to sound smart or important
or more rarely (and typically in classic literature):
expressing wisdom or knowledge concisely