gnomic
adjective
of, relating to, or resembling a gnome.
gnomically
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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
"You've seen Bergerac," my mother replied, gnomically, closing the conversation down, to my infinite confusion.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 5, 2014
He'll answer questions in fits and starts, gnomically, in obscure one-liners or by means of silences punctuated by cigarette puffs or plaintive grunts.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 14, 2010
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
