sententiously

English

Alternative forms

• sentenciously (obsolete)

Etymology

From sententious +‎ -ly.

Adverb

sententiously (comparative more sententiously, superlative most sententiously)

1. In a sententious manner, concisely, pithily.
   • 1842, [anonymous collaborator of Letitia Elizabeth Landon], chapter LXI, in Lady Anne Granard; or, Keeping up Appearances. […], volume III, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 155:

     "We shall see to-morrow," said the doctor. "We shall," replied Lady Anne, very sententiously.

   • 1851 June – 1852 April, Harriet Beecher Stowe, chapter 6, in Uncle Tom’s Cabin; or, Life among the Lowly, volume I, Boston, Mass.: John P[unchard] Jewett & Company; Cleveland, Oh.: Jewett, Proctor & Worthington, published 20 March 1852, →OCLC, page 70:

     "It 's an ill wind dat blows nowhar, — dat ar a fact," said Sam, sententiously, giving an additional hoist to his pantaloons, and adroitly substituting a long nail in place of a missing suspender-button, with which effort of mechanical genius he seemed highly delighted.

   • 1899 February, Joseph Conrad, “The Heart of Darkness”, in Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine, volume CLXV, number M, New York, N.Y.: The Leonard Scott Publishing Company, […], →OCLC, part I, page 201:

     He became very cool and collected all at once. ‘I am not such a fool as I look, quoth Plato to his disciples,’ he said sententiously, emptied his glass with great resolution, and we rose.

Translations

in a sententious manner

• Catalan: sentenciosament (ca)
• French: sentencieusement (fr)
• Spanish: sentenciosamente