sen·ten·tious /senˈtenʃəs/ adjectiveadj formal GOOD/MORALtelling people how they should behave – used to show disapproval 说教的,劝诫的〔含贬义〕 —sententiously adverbadv
sententious• It was quiet, reminiscent, a little sententious.• Perhaps her last remark was a bit sententious?• On its own this reads like a perfectly ordinary youthful Europeanized sententious romantic flourish.