epigrammatic.

Expressing an idea concisely with wit or a sharp concluding turn.

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Words that belong together

• epigrammatic style
• epigrammatic remark

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His epigrammatic style made the letters easy to quote and hard to answer.

An epigrammatic remark ended the dinner's careful politeness.

Usage notes

Primary category: literary. Forms: Comparative more epigrammatic; superlative most epigrammatic where gradation is meaningful. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.