Explore Gnomic through 8 example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like maxim or axiom. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Gnomic in a sentence
Gnomic meaning
- Of, or relating to gnomes (sententious sayings).
- Mysterious and often incomprehensible yet seemingly wise.
- Expressing general truths or aphorisms.
Using Gnomic
- The main meaning on this page is: Of, or relating to gnomes (sententious sayings). | Mysterious and often incomprehensible yet seemingly wise. | Expressing general truths or aphorisms.
- Useful related words include: maxim, axiom.
- In the example corpus, gnomic often appears in combinations such as: and gnomic.
Context around Gnomic
- Average sentence length in these examples: 21.1 words
- Position in the sentence: 1 start, 6 middle, 1 end
- Sentence types: 7 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Gnomic
- In this selection, "gnomic" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 21.1 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, indefinite, sentences, phrases and play stand out and add context to how "gnomic" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include as the gnomic remarks in and behavior and gnomic utterances. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "gnomic" sits close to words such as aargau, abacos and abboud, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with gnomic
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Early religious and gnomic verse is also usually anonymous. (9 words)
As the gnomic remarks in the Investigations indicate, Wittgenstein isn't sure. (12 words)
Want to persuade hundreds of teenage girls to sit through a gnomic play on a Monday night? (17 words)
It is a psychological tactic of authoritarians to make the focus on reading their whims and gnomic phrases and leaving the burden on others to interpret them and wait out the consequences. (32 words)
The most common tense prefixes are these: : The indefinite ( gnomic tense ) prefix is used for generic statements such as "birds fly", and the vowels of the subject prefixes are assimilated. (30 words)
After three seasons, Noah Hawley’s gnomic time-travelling drama set in the X-Men universe bows out with a characteristically mind-boggling turn. (24 words)
Want to persuade hundreds of teenage girls to sit through a gnomic play on a Monday night? (17 words)
Example sentences (8)
His 100-page jeremiads with short chapters and gnomic sentences are all animated by a Cassandra sensibility that expects warnings to go unheeded.
It is a psychological tactic of authoritarians to make the focus on reading their whims and gnomic phrases and leaving the burden on others to interpret them and wait out the consequences.
Want to persuade hundreds of teenage girls to sit through a gnomic play on a Monday night?
After three seasons, Noah Hawley’s gnomic time-travelling drama set in the X-Men universe bows out with a characteristically mind-boggling turn.
As the gnomic remarks in the Investigations indicate, Wittgenstein isn't sure.
Early religious and gnomic verse is also usually anonymous.
Mick "China" Rose starts up a medical courier service with associate Choe Ashton, who's given to erratic behavior and gnomic utterances.
The most common tense prefixes are these: : The indefinite ( gnomic tense ) prefix is used for generic statements such as "birds fly", and the vowels of the subject prefixes are assimilated.
Common combinations with gnomic
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: