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Pithy Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Pithy? [adv] in a pithy sententious manner; "she expressed herself pithily" [adj] concise and full of meaning; "welcomed her pithy comments"; "the peculiarly sardonic and sententious style in which Don Luis composed his epigrams"- Hervey Allen Synonyms \| Synonyms for Pithy: concise \| sententious \| sententiously Related Terms \| Find terms related to Pithy: abbreviated \| abridged \| allegorical \| aphoristic \| aposiopestic \| associational \| axiomatic \| baccate \| brief \| brusque \| clipped \| close \| compact \| compendious \| compressed \| concise \| condensed \| connotational \| connotative \| contracted \| crisp \| curt \| cut \| definable \| denotational \| denotative \| docked \| doughy \| edematous \| effective \| elliptic \| epigrammatic \| expressive \| extended \| extensional \| figurative \| flabby \| fleshy \| forceful \| formulaic \| formulistic \| full of meaning \| full of point \| full of substance \| gnomic \| indicative \| intelligible \| intensional \| interpretable \| laconic \| lean \| macerated \| masticated \| meaning \| meaningful \| meaty \| medullary \| metaphorical \| mushy \| pasty \| platitudinous \| pointed \| pregnant \| proverbial \| pruned \| pulpal \| pulpar \| pulped \| pulplike \| pulpy \| pungent \| readable \| referential \| reserved \| sententious \| short \| short and sweet \| shortened \| significant \| significative \| soft \| Spartan \| spongy \| squashy \| squelchy \| squishy \| substantial \| succinct \| succulent \| suggestive \| summary \| symbolic \| synopsized \| taciturn \| terse \| tight \| to the point \| transferred \| truncated See Also \| Pithy In Webster's Dictionary \Pith"y\, a. [Compar. {Pithier}; superl. {Pithiest}.] 1. Consisting wholly, or in part, of pith; abounding in pith; as, a pithy stem; a pithy fruit. 2. Having nervous energy; forceful; cogent. This pithy speech prevailed, and all agreed. --Dryden. In all these Goodman Fact was very short, but pithy. --Addison. {Pithy gall} (Zo["o]l.), a large, rough, furrowed, oblong gall, formed on blackberry canes by a small gallfly ({Diastrophus nebulosus}).

Pithy Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Pithy?

[adv] in a pithy sententious manner; "she expressed herself pithily"
[adj] concise and full of meaning; "welcomed her pithy comments"; "the peculiarly sardonic and sententious style in which Don Luis composed his epigrams"- Hervey Allen

Synonyms | Synonyms for Pithy: concise | sententious | sententiously

See Also |

Pithy In Webster's Dictionary

\Pith"y\, a. [Compar. {Pithier}; superl. {Pithiest}.]
1. Consisting wholly, or in part, of pith; abounding in pith;
   as, a pithy stem; a pithy fruit.

2. Having nervous energy; forceful; cogent.

         This pithy speech prevailed, and all agreed.
                                               --Dryden.

         In all these Goodman Fact was very short, but pithy.
                                               --Addison.

{Pithy gall} (Zo["o]l.), a large, rough, furrowed, oblong
   gall, formed on blackberry canes by a small gallfly
   ({Diastrophus nebulosus}).

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