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# sententiously

adverb

«sententiously» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

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

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

### Note

nothing for maths

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «sententiously» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sententiously/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«sententiously» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/sententiously.html) on Mova free.