GNOMICALLY

Etymology

Adverb

gnomically (comparative more gnomically, superlative most gnomically)

In a gnomic manner.

Source: Wiktionary


Gnom"ic*al*ly, adv.

Definition: In a gnomic, didactic, or sententious manner.

GNOMIC

Gnom"ic, Gnom"ic*al, a. Etym: [Gr. gnomique. See Gnome maxim.]

Definition: Sententious; uttering or containing maxims, or striking detached thoughts; aphoristic. A city long famous as the seat of elegiac and gnomic poetry. G. R. Lewes. Gnomic Poets, Greek poets, as Theognis and Solon, of the sixth century B. C., whose writings consist of short sententious precepts and reflections.

GNOMICAL

Gnom"ic, Gnom"ic*al, a. Etym: [Gr. gnomique. See Gnome maxim.]

Definition: Sententious; uttering or containing maxims, or striking detached thoughts; aphoristic. A city long famous as the seat of elegiac and gnomic poetry. G. R. Lewes. Gnomic Poets, Greek poets, as Theognis and Solon, of the sixth century B. C., whose writings consist of short sententious precepts and reflections.

Gnom"ic*al, a. Etym: [See Gnomon.]

Definition: Gnomonical. Boyle.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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