Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for SEN-TEN'TIOUS-LY
SEN-TEN'TIOUSSEN-TEN'TIOUS-NESS
SEN-TEN'TIOUS-LY, adv.
In short expressive periods; with striking brevity. Nausicaa delivers her judgment sententiously, to give it more weight. – Broome.
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