Apothegmatic and Verbose

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Apothegmatic adjective - Marked by the use of few words to convey much information or meaning.

Usage example: his clear-sighted assessments of today's political leaders are delivered with an apothegmatic forcefulness

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Verbose is an antonym for apothegmatic.

Verbose adjective - Using or containing more words than necessary to express an idea.

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Apothegmatic is an antonym for verbose.

Nearby Words: verbosity, verbosely

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