gnomically
- a word derived from gnomic.
Example Sentences
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Another veteran says, gnomically, “I can also say that Dilma was honest. But a good cook is not one who cooks to her own taste—she cooks to please those who will be eating.”
From The New Yorker ● Dec. 13, 2019
Wu is generally reluctant to talk about her family, particularly her mother, whom she has gnomically described as “whimsical.”
From The New Yorker ● Sep. 16, 2019
“These things can’t be studied,” he replies, gnomically.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 11, 2017
This he did, but Bulger's film shows how his aggression was poured out on to the drumkit, tempered with talent and a sense of what Baker gnomically calls not rhythm but "time".
From The Guardian ● May 16, 2013
All poets and philosophers and orators have used it and have attempted to explain things gnomically.
From Complete Works of Plutarch — Volume 3: Essays and Miscellanies by Plutarch
