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Sententiously, -lie, adv. [Late ME and e.m.E. sentencyosly (c1450), sentencyously (Caxton), sententiously (1513); Sententious adj.] In a meaningful way; pithily. — 1535 Stewart 66.
For-quhy the termis poleist ar perfyte Of eloquence in rycht plesand indyte In Latein toung sententiouslie and schort a1605 Montg. Ch. & Slae 1165 (Wr.).
Then Hope replyde, and that with pith, And wisely weigh'd his words therewith Sententiously and short
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