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# sententiously

«sententiously» in Mova's school dictionary: **in a way that speaks in heavy, wise-sounding words, as if…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adverb

### meaning for a pupil

Sententiously means in a way that speaks in heavy, wise-sounding words, as if giving a lesson. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sententiously/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

a wise old man in a tale answers slowly and grandly, as if he knows best

### examples

- "The weather will change soon," said Uncle Remus sententiously. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sententiously/#x1)
- "Patience is the best cure," he said sententiously. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sententiously/#x2)

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «sententiously» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sententiously/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.