Thesaurus / gnomic
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synonyms for gnomic
- brusque
- concise
- cryptic
- curt
- elliptical
- incisive
- laconic
- pithy
- precise
- succinct
- trenchant
- abrupt
- aphoristic
- boiled down
- breviloquent
- clear-cut
- clipped
- close
- compact
- compendiary
- compendious
- condensed
- crisp
- cut to the bone
- epigrammatic
- exact
- in a nutshell
- lean
- neat
- pointed
- sententious
- short and sweet
- snappy
- summary
- taut
- to the point
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How to use gnomic in a sentence
That dragons dwelt in mounds was a common Germanic belief, to which the Cottonian Gnomic verses testify.
BEOWULFR. W. CHAMBERSReference should have been given to the Exeter Gnomic Verses, 89 ff.
THE HEROIC AGEH. MUNRO CHADWICKThe moralizing of Bacchylides is rather an utterance of quiet meditation, sometimes recalling the strain of Ionian gnomic elegy.
ENCYCLOPAEDIA BRITANNICA, 11TH EDITION, VOLUME 3, PART 1, SLICE 1VARIOUSAnother element, always present in the longer odes of victory, is that which may be called the "gnomic."
ENCYCLOPAEDIA BRITANNICA, 11TH EDITION, VOLUME 3, PART 1, SLICE 1VARIOUSThe gnomic verses of Theognis were certainly sung; so were the satires of Archilochus and the romantic reveries of Mimnermus.
ENCYCLOPAEDIA BRITANNICA, 11TH EDITION, VOLUME 17, SLICE 2VARIOUSAmong his other attainments he abruptly discovered the gift of noble gnomic verse.
SOME DIVERSIONS OF A MAN OF LETTERSEDMUND WILLIAM GOSSEWitness Hillel, and indeed all the writers of the gnomic wisdom in the "Ethics of the Fathers."
PHILO-JUDAEUS OF ALEXANDRIANORMAN BENTWICHGnomic Verses, 26 f.: draca sceal on hlaewe frod fraetwum wlanc.
THE HEROIC AGEH. MUNRO CHADWICKThe gnomic poetry comprises that section of Hebrew literature which contains pithy maxims or proverbs.
HEBREW HUMOR AND OTHER ESSAYSJOSEPH CHOTZNEROccasionally gnomic quotations are found, in most cases, perhaps, from writers of comedy.
POMPEII, ITS LIFE AND ARTAUGUST MAUWORDS RELATED TO GNOMIC
- abrupt
- aphoristic
- boiled down
- breviloquent
- brusque
- clear-cut
- clipped
- close
- compact
- compendiary
- compendious
- concise
- condensed
- crisp
- cryptic
- curt
- cut to the bone
- elliptical
- epigrammatic
- exact
- gnomic
- in a nutshell
- incisive
- laconic
- lean
- neat
- pithy
- pointed
- precise
- sententious
- short and sweet
- snappy
- succinct
- summary
- taut
- to the point
- trenchant
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