Sentence example with the word 'epigrammatic'

epigrammatic

aphoristic, apophthegmatic, apothegmatic, compendious, concise, laconic, piquant, pithy, pointed, proverbial, punchy, pungent, sententious, snappy, succinct, terse, trenchant, witty

Definition adj. terse and witty and like a maxim

Last update: May 11, 2017


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Its natural form is the aphorism, and to this and to its epigrammatic brilliance, vigour, and uncompromising revolt against all conventions in science and conduct it owes its persuasiveness.   [noun]

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The French writer is inevitably epigrammatic first, and, if diffusive afterward, it is with malice aforethought.   [Please select]

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His sentences are not short, terse, epigrammatic, and direct, but elaborate and artificial.   [Please select]

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Some day she may give us something better than these tingling, pulsing, mocking, epigrammatic morsels.   [Please select]

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"Oh, epigrammatic sentences expressive of moral feelings or virtues," replied my neighbor easily.   [Please select]

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They are gracefully and often lightly turned; occasionally, even, the author grazes the epigrammatic.   [Please select]

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_ "Meredith Nicholson's is a delightful book, witty, epigrammatic, flavorsome."   [Please select]

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