gnomicadjective
uk/ˈnəʊ.mɪk/us/ˈnoʊ.mɪk/formalused to describe something spoken or written that is short, mysterious, and not easily understood, but often seems wise:
Peter is always coming out with gnomic utterances/pronouncements.
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Not saying much
- a man/woman of few words idiom
- brevity
- brief
- briefly
- cat
- concise
- crisp
- curt
- few
- has the cat got your tongue? idiom
- not waste words idiom
- pithy
- quietly
- reticent
- taut
- terse
- wall
- walls have ears idiom
- waste
- well chosen
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