Related Words for aphoristic

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concise
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Adjective
axiomatic
xxx/x
Adjective, Adjective
pithy
/x
Adjective
allusive
x/x
Adjective
epigrams
xxx
Noun
poetic
x/x
Adjective
laconic
x/x
Adjective
trenchant
/x
Adjective
sardonic
x/x
Adjective
lyrical
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Adjective
poetical
x/xx
Name
philosophic
xx/x
Noun
oracular
/xxx
Adjective
philosophical
xx/xx
Noun
maxims
/x
Noun
polemical
x/xx
Adjective
terse
/
Noun
succinct
x/
Adjective
acerbic
x/x
Adjective
discursive
x/x
Adjective
incisive
x/x
Adjective
jocular
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Adjective
witty
/x
Adjective
erudite
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Adjective
elegiac
/xxx
Noun
recondite
/xx
Adjective
orphic
/x
Name
abstruse
x/
Adjective
glib
/
Noun
satiric
x/x
Adjective
wordy
/x
Adjective
impressionistic
xxx/x
Adjective
idiosyncratic
xxxx/x
Adjective
eloquent
/xx
Adjective
lyricism
/xxx
Noun
prosaic
x/x
Adjective
conceits
x/
Noun
rhetorical
x/xx
Adjective
allegorical
xx/xx
Adjective
ribald
/x
Adjective
artful
/x
Adjective
explication
xx/x
Noun
prose
/
Noun
deadpan
/x
Adjective
fragmentary
/xxx
Adjective
anaphoric
xx/x
Adjective
epigraphic
xx/x
Noun
acrostic
x/x
Noun
metaphorical
xx/xx
Adjective
euphemistic
xx/x
Adjective
oratorical
xx/xx
Adjective
brevity
/xx
Noun
sayings
/x
Noun
couplets
/x
Noun
style
/
Noun
wit
/
Noun
utterances
/xxx
Noun
wisdom
/x
Noun
brilliance
/x
Noun
verses
/x
Noun
pronouncements
x/x
Noun
formulations
xx/x
Noun
reflections
x/x
Noun
paragraphs
/xx
Noun
collections
x/x
Noun
sentences
/xx
Noun
statements
/x
Noun
remarks
x/
Noun
writing
/x
Noun
phrases
/x
Noun
essays
x/
Noun
fragments
/x
Noun
poems
/x
Noun
summary
/xx
Noun
quality
/xx
Noun
dialogue
/xx
Noun
comments
/x
Noun
form
/
Noun
expressions
x/x
Noun
mode
/
Noun
cryptic
/x
Adjective, Noun
didactic
x/x
Adjective, Noun
enigmatic
xx/x
Adjective
expository
x/xxx
Adjective
formulaic
xx/x
Adjective
idiomatic
xxx/x
Adjective, Noun
replies
x/
Verb, Noun
retorts
x/
Noun, Verb
vernacular
x/xx
Noun, Adjective
standard
/x
Adjective, Noun
dialect
/xx
Noun
chunk
/
Noun, Verb
cluster
/x
Noun, Verb
collocation
xx/x
Noun
literally
/xxx
Adverb
milestone
/x
Noun, Verb
sorta
/x
Adverb
headlines
/x
Noun
tell
/
Verb, Noun
no
/
Noun, Adverb, Adjective
cloth
/
Noun
daylight
/x
Noun, Verb