epigrammatical

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Rhetorical and epigrammatical point and vigour are the special virtues of this system: its weaknesses are monotony of beat and lack of freedom and variety in sentence structure.

From Life of John Keats His Life and Poetry, his Friends, Critics and After-fame by Colvin, Sidney

The former became by degrees quite epigrammatical in his poems, terse in "Minna," laconic in "Emilia Galotti,"—it was not till afterwards that he returned to that serene /naiveté/ which becomes him so well in "Nathan."

From Autobiography: Truth and Fiction Relating to My Life by Oxenford, John

There was a cynical old bachelor uncle, who gave the Girl epigrammatical advice about the virtue of frivolity and the danger of taking things seriously.

From Comrade Yetta by Edwards, Albert

The seriousness and solemnity of tragedy necessarily reject all pointed or epigrammatical expressions, all remote conceits and opposition of ideas.

From The Works of Samuel Johnson, Volume 03 The Rambler, Volume II by Johnson, Samuel

His first serious publication was the History of Louis XI., which is dry and epigrammatical in style, but displays considerable powers of research and impartiality.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 8 "Dubner" to "Dyeing" by Various