sententiously

adverb

Definition of sententiouslynext
as in curtly

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  1. curtly
  2. tersely
  3. succinctly
  4. briefly
  5. summarily
  6. crisply
  7. concisely
  8. elliptically
Adverb
  • Juliette later makes a stop to see Shirley, who is still being unreasonably pouty about her amnesiac friend not remembering her — and is, again, curtly dismissive of Juliette’s search for Lukas.
    — Noel Murray, Vulture, 17 July 2026
  • But Ruben curtly responds that the only real homophobe is Niall himself.
    — Barry Levitt, Time, 29 May 2026
Definition of curtly
Adverb
  • That’s how Graeme McDowell tersely justified his reason for joining controversial LIV Golf in 2022.
    — CNN.com Wire Service, Mercury News, 30 Apr. 2026
  • On Friday, the House Speaker, Mike Johnson, tersely rejected the bill, calling it a joke.
    — Benjamin Wallace-Wells, New Yorker, 29 Mar. 2026
Definition of tersely
Adverb
  • Late in life, Heilmann succinctly relayed the ambitions of her generation.
    — Jerry Saltz, Vulture, 18 Aug. 2026
  • That elevated outlook is succinctly expressed by Barham Salih, who fled violence in his native Iraq as a teenager and is now the United Nations high commissioner for refugees.
    — The Christian Science Monitor, Christian Science Monitor, 21 July 2026
Definition of succinctly
Adverb
  • The Orioles have dropped four in a row after briefly taking sole possession of the lead in the race for the final American League wild card.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 21 Aug. 2026
  • Jon Flanagan briefly held it before Trent Alexander-Arnold and Curtis Jones made the breakthrough into the senior ranks from Liverpool’s Kirkby academy.
    — James Pearce, New York Times, 21 Aug. 2026
Definition of briefly
Adverb
  • On a quest to grab one more ring, LeBron James will make his Philly debut on the same night the Knicks, the team that summarily swept the Sixers in the Eastern Conference semifinals, get their rings.
    — Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 18 Aug. 2026
  • The comedy ran for 23 episodes and was then summarily canceled, despite the season finale drawing about 11 million viewers.
    — Glenn Whipp, Los Angeles Times, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of summarily
Adverb
  • This is an exhilarating way to execute a heady conceptual premise, elevated by a brutal wit and crisply staged action sequences.
    — Declan Gallagher, Entertainment Weekly, 14 Aug. 2026
  • The Aston, on the other hand, dutifully and crisply responds to inputs.
    — Byron Hurd, The Drive, 23 July 2026
Definition of crisply
Adverb
  • Communicating it simply and concisely requires a clear framework, strong data and deep business understanding.
    — Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 23 July 2026
  • Maybe Spain never quite produced a picture-book goal to concisely summarise their style and quality.
    — Michael Cox, New York Times, 20 July 2026
Definition of concisely
Adverb
  • Her outside-looking in remembrances (Romvari shoots scenes sometimes from the perspective of looking through a window) elliptically convey much – parental anguish about what would be the best call to action for the entire family, not the upheaval felt within the family.
    — Randy Myers, Mercury News, 7 May 2026
Definition of elliptically
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“Sententiously.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sententiously. Accessed 26 Aug. 2026.

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