aphoristic
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Similarly, the cast wrings some poetry out of the prosaic, often aphoristic dialogue.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 30, 2026
Kate Riley follows Ruth from childhood to middle age, writing with kindness, hilarity and aphoristic brilliance about this eccentric woman, a lost lamb who never actually leaves the safety of the flock.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 3, 2025
The chapters are short; the tone is aphoristic; the eye for cultural and social detail is Tom Wolfe-like.
From New York Times • Mar. 29, 2022
Then she’d give me some sage, aphoristic advice.
From Washington Post • Sep. 30, 2021
Dodsley's principal work was the "Economy of Human Life," written in an aphoristic style, and ascribed to Lord Chesterfield.
From History of English Humour, Vol. 2 by L'Estrange, Alfred Guy Kingan
