adv. [f. prec. + -LY2.] In an epigrammatic manner; with the terseness and ‘point’ befitting an epigram.
1605. Camden, Rem., Poems 17. A countriman of ours long since in this manner Epigrammatically opened.
1823. Edin. Rev., XXXVIII. 59. Who makes it almost a rule to say every thing epigrammatically.
1837. Dickens, Pickw., xv. ‘Person’s a waitin’,’ said Sam, epigrammatically.
1882. J. Hawthorne, Fort. Fool, I. xx. To put it epigrammatically—if you were to leave me a thousand pounds as a legacy, I would chuck it into the fire.
