单词 | sententiously |
释义 | sententiouslyadv.ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > meaning > explanation, exposition > translation > [adverb] > freely sententiouslyc1450 freely1870 c1450 Godstow Reg. 26 A pore brodur and welwyller..hath purposed wyth goddys grace to make..fro latyn in-to englyssh, sentencyosly, as foloweth thys symple translacion. 2. In a sententious manner; tersely and pithily. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > saying, maxim, adage > [adverb] sententiously1481 gnomically1610 apophthegmatically1630 aphoristically1655 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > saying, maxim, adage > serious saying, dictum > [adverb] sententiously1481 judicially1937 1481 W. Caxton Tulle of Old Age i. (R. Suppl.) The sayd versis of the grete poete be of grete effect, purposed sentencyously in few wordis. a1513 H. Bradshaw Lyfe St. Werburge (1521) i. xxx. sig. k.iiiiv But as Salomon sayth, sentencyously There may be no counseyll, power ne prudence [etc.]. 1622 H. Peacham Compl. Gentleman x. 89 Iuvenal of Satyrists is the best, for..though he be sententiously tart, yet is his phrase cleare and open. 1717 R. Bentley Serm. before King George 5 Our Apostle..concludes the whole with the Words above, sententiously in way of Aphorism. 1862 E. M. Goulburn Thoughts Personal Relig. 103 If the time which we can spare for such reading is short, books of thoughts, more or less sententiously expressed..will be found very serviceable. 1884 F. M. Crawford Rom. Singer (ed. 2) I. 31 ‘Who goes slowly goes surely’, said the maestro sententiously. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < adv.c1450 |
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