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What does sententious mean?

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Adjective
  1. (obsolete) Full of meaning.
  2. Using as few words as possible; pithy and concise.
  3. Tending to use aphorisms or maxims, especially given to trite moralizing.
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The book's title comes from a sententious line of Henry James's, and the opening preamble announces that multiplicity is going to be an important theme.
His doer, a little old snuffy attorney of the name of Macphail, grew sententious as the business drew to its close.
In particular, why quote the mostly sentimental and sententious lyrics with such solemn respect?
He is the sententious writer of resolutions butchering her beautifies of song to expose the bare bones of an idea.
His summary of the year 1741 is characteristic of the rather sententious tenor of his musings.
Stuart and his wife arrive at the end to calm everything down, and the play becomes sententious and repetitive.

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