Other forms: epigrammatically
Something that's epigrammatic is short and clever. An aphorism or maxim — a witty, concise saying — is epigrammatic.
A poem, statement, or joke that's short and sweet is epigrammatic. Dorothy Parker wrote, "Beauty is only skin deep, but ugly goes clean to the bone,” and many other epigrammatic phrases. Oscar Wilde was also known for clever epigrammatic writing, such as "I can resist anything except temptation." You can call both examples epigrams, "clever, pithy sayings," from the Greek root epigramma, "inscription in verse."