Aphoristic [adjective]

It contains in an aphoristic form the main doctrines of the longer work.

No, do not be brilliant and aphoristic, Manuel, for I want you to help me more practically in this matter.

Never lengthy, always aphoristic, he says more in five minutes than all the "wax-works" on the dais drone or spout in hours.

Such dissimilar matters, coming from all quarters, were melted down into this vast body of aphoristic knowledge.

Short aphoristic chapters will therefore best answer the purpose.

Many are tied up in aphoristic bundles for better preservation.

"It is rich, aphoristic, orderly, and precise" (Clifford Allbutt).

But in addition there is much wisdom and a remarkable power of casting his observations into a compact, aphoristic form.

Still, the importance of the subject requires that some points should be given, be they ever so aphoristic.

We have here a curious specimen of aphoristic poetry, the idea borrowed probably from the Proverbs of Solomon.