adv. rare. [f. prec. + -LY2.] In an apophthegmatic manner; sententiously, pithily.

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1630.  J. Taylor (Water P.), Wit & Mirth, Ded. Wks. II. 176. Quips, and Ierkes; Apothegmatically bundled vp and garbled.

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1863.  Thornbury, True as Steel, II. 133. ‘All quarrels,’ said the Emperor apophthegmatically, ‘have two sides.’

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