aphoristically

adverb

as in sententiously

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for aphoristically
  1. succinctly
  2. tersely
  3. concisely
  4. elliptically
  5. briefly
  6. crisply
  7. curtly
  8. pithily
Adverb
  • Perhaps no Georgia player has ever succinctly summed up Gunner Stockton better than defensive lineman Jordan Hall.
    — Connor Riley, AJC.com, 3 Oct. 2026
  • It could be summed up succinctly as The Notebook meets Eat Pray Love, but Morrison and Julia Cox’s (Nyad) screenplay give it its own alternating rhythms.
    — Pete Hammond, Deadline, 13 Sep. 2026
Definition of succinctly
Adverb
  • That’s how Graeme McDowell tersely justified his reason for joining controversial LIV Golf in 2022.
    — CNN.com Wire Service, Mercury News, 30 Apr. 2026
  • On Friday, the House Speaker, Mike Johnson, tersely rejected the bill, calling it a joke.
    — Benjamin Wallace-Wells, New Yorker, 29 Mar. 2026
Definition of tersely
Adverb
  • Communicating it simply and concisely requires a clear framework, strong data and deep business understanding.
    — Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 23 July 2026
  • Maybe Spain never quite produced a picture-book goal to concisely summarise their style and quality.
    — Michael Cox, New York Times, 20 July 2026
Definition of concisely
Adverb
  • Her outside-looking in remembrances (Romvari shoots scenes sometimes from the perspective of looking through a window) elliptically convey much – parental anguish about what would be the best call to action for the entire family, not the upheaval felt within the family.
    — Randy Myers, Mercury News, 7 May 2026
Definition of elliptically
Adverb
  • Later in the discussion, the show also briefly touched on its Southeast Asian and LGBTQ+ representation.
    — Abbey White, HollywoodReporter, 9 Oct. 2026
  • Oracle founder Larry Ellison dethroned Musk as the richest person in the world briefly last year after his company’s breakout earnings report sent shares soaring by 36%.
    — Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 9 Oct. 2026
Definition of briefly
Adverb
  • Perhaps like one’s heart crisply split in two, spilling its squelched juices, like the baobab fruit broken open by the stylish monkey in The Lion King, my favorite vintage cartoon.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 30 Sep. 2026
  • This crisply cropped jacket from Theory is polished enough to wear to the office with suiting.
    — Alison Syrett Cleary, InStyle, 18 Sep. 2026
Definition of crisply
Adverb
  • Juliette later makes a stop to see Shirley, who is still being unreasonably pouty about her amnesiac friend not remembering her — and is, again, curtly dismissive of Juliette’s search for Lukas.
    — Noel Murray, Vulture, 17 July 2026
  • But Ruben curtly responds that the only real homophobe is Niall himself.
    — Barry Levitt, Time, 29 May 2026
Definition of curtly
Adverb
  • The director, recently freed from a malfunctioning elevator in a pithily Andersonian incident, made a brief appearance onstage with Murray.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 11 July 2026
Definition of pithily
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