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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
  • 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
  • Siale succinctly said what everybody else was dancing around.
    — Caleb Otte, Los Angeles Times, 4 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
  • This will decrease temperatures across the entirety of Central and Northern California, brining partly cloudy skies to the Central Valley and even some briefly overcast conditions to areas north of Sacramento.
    — Sean Macaday, Sacbee.com, 18 Sep. 2026
  • New York Mets first baseman Jared Young was briefly knocked unconscious and carted off at Citi Field after a violent collision with pitcher Nolan McLean on a sixth-inning grounder versus the Phillies.
    — Chuck Schilken, Los Angeles Times, 18 Sep. 2026
Definition of briefly
Adverb
  • The players move crisply even though a walkthrough is designed to be a non-contact and slower-paced session built for strategy.
    — Jourdan Rodrigue, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2026
  • Unlike a year ago, both teams come in with a game under their belts, so the offenses with plentiful playmakers should operate more crisply.
    — Eddie Timanus, USA Today, 11 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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“Aphoristically.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/aphoristically. Accessed 19 Sep. 2026.

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