epigrammatical

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His first serious publication was the History of Louis XI., which is dry and epigrammatical in style, but displays considerable powers of research and impartiality.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 8 "Dubner" to "Dyeing" by Various

He is full of clever and witty, paradoxical and epigrammatical, surprises.

From The Black Cat A Play in Three Acts by Todhunter, John

There was a cynical old bachelor uncle, who gave the Girl epigrammatical advice about the virtue of frivolity and the danger of taking things seriously.

From Comrade Yetta by Edwards, Albert

Rhetorical and epigrammatical point and vigour are the special virtues of this system: its weaknesses are monotony of beat and lack of freedom and variety in sentence structure.

From Life of John Keats His Life and Poetry, his Friends, Critics and After-fame by Colvin, Sidney

The former became by degrees quite epigrammatical in his poems, terse in "Minna," laconic in "Emilia Galotti,"—it was not till afterwards that he returned to that serene /naiveté/ which becomes him so well in "Nathan."

From Autobiography: Truth and Fiction Relating to My Life by Oxenford, John