epigrammaticallyadv.
/ˌɛpɪɡrəˈmatɪkəli/ In an epigrammatic manner; with the terseness and ‘point’ befitting an epigram.
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1823 Edinb. Rev. 38 59 Who makes it almost a rule to say every thing epigrammatically.
1836 C. Dickens Pickwick Papers (1837) xv. 147 ‘Person's a waitin',’ said Sam, epigrammatically.
1882 J. Hawthorne Fortune's Fool (1883) i. xx To put it epigrammatically—if you were to leave me a thousand pounds as a legacy, I would chuck it into the fire.
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