sententious

"No fief can remain in the possession of a woman," was the sententious utterance of the bailiff.

“He may delay his defense if he like,” said a sententious young officer to whom I had imparted this natural wish.

Another long and deliberate pause succeeded these sententious questions and ready replies.

As soon as the door had closed behind him, several of the gamesters exchanged sententious nods and glances.

Thus appealed to, however, he answered his friend in his ordinary sententious manner.