Aphoristically
of, like, or containing :
His sermons were richly aphoristic.
given to making or quoting .
Historical Examples
On the other, the aphoristically formulated doctrine pullulates with inconsistencies imported from theology.
Socialism: Utopian and Scientific Frederick Engels
adjective
of, relating to, or resembling an aphorism
tending to write or speak in aphorisms
adj.
1753, from Greek aphoristikos (see aphorism). Aphoristically is from 1650s.
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