sententious

Adjective
  1. Abounding in or given to pompous or aphoristic moralizing (synset 301857046)
    "too often the significant episode deteriorates into sententious conversation"
    similar to: pretentious - making claim to or creating an appearance of (often undeserved) importance or distinction
  2. Concise and full of meaning (synset 300550536)
    "welcomed her pithy comments"; "the peculiarly sardonic and sententious style in which Don Luis composed his epigrams"
    similar to: concise - expressing much in few words
    same as: pithy

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