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Definition of pithy in English: pithyadjectivepithier, pithiest ˈpɪθiˈpɪθi 1(of a fruit or plant) containing much pith. Example sentencesExamples - When the trees bloom in March or April, the Walkers try to remove any remaining old, pithy fruit.
- In particular, its attractive golden rind is not a distinct, pithy covering like that of a true citrus fruit, but is thin, soft, and pulpy.
2(of language or style) terse and vigorously expressive. his characteristically pithy comments Example sentencesExamples - The clarity of ideas and the interlacing of pithy quotes make this a readable, thought-provoking book.
- Every few minutes our phones beep with some pithy comment from each other.
- One of those pithy phrases that tie together life, death, and the transcendental power of the written word.
- Fighting for the Future, for all its provocative arguments and pithy language, sometimes borders on the apocalyptic.
- - Thanks to Joe for this pithy summary of the relevant issues.
- He wrote plain English, punctuated by short pithy sentences.
- But Porter does not shy away from the pithy language of the street, when it seems called for.
- I'm too tired to come up with something pithy.
- And I'm not going to end with a pithy summary.
- Soames looked him up and down before dismissing him with a pithy phrase from a great wartime leader.
- And the connection is a pithy phrase of Deputy Noonan's dating back to the 1987 election campaign.
- And it's years since I've heard anyone pile up as many pithy one-liners.
- The emails ranged from pithy observations to throwaway responses.
- I didn't truly understand Dean Ricci when he uttered this pithy quote during an admissions interview.
- The bard might have had some pithy poetic observations on Wilson's vision of corporate sponsorship.
- Knox delivers his one pithy line of the scene.
- The narration is flooded with wonderfully pithy, insightful commentary.
- We live in the age of fast food and pithy one-liners.
- Maybe you'll be glad to see the end of my pithy exam summaries, who knows?
- For once, I have no pithy rejoinder to tack on to a post.
Synonyms concise, short, brief, compact, condensed, crisp, laconic, terse, tight, to the point, economic, thumbnail, summary, short and sweet, in a few well-chosen words, compendious, epigrammatic, synoptic, aphoristic, gnomic succinct, terse, concise, compact, short, short and sweet, brief, condensed, compendious, to the point, summary, epigrammatic, crisp, laconic, pointed, thumbnail, significant, meaningful, expressive, incisive, forceful, telling, trenchant, finely honed, aphoristic, sententious
Derivatives adverb ˈpɪθɪliˈpɪθɪli As Judge Roberts pithily pointed out in the hearings, only one justice thought that both of the leading establishment clause cases delivered this last term were correctly decided. Example sentencesExamples - Jean-Paul Sartre pithily summed up the French attitude in 1953: ‘America has rabies.’
- To put it more pithily: ‘Popular speech never needs defending.’
- I found my page and there was a photo of myself and underneath it my talents were pithily described.
- Gandhi pithily expressed his deep yearning in 1936 to Maurice Frydman, a Polish engineer, while discussing the village reconstruction movement.
noun ˈpɪθɪnəsˈpɪθinəs The description of academia is a little harsh, but I have to admire the pithiness of his assessment of its effectiveness. Example sentencesExamples - Don't think much of her, really, though she has a wit and pithiness that makes it tolerable.
- He had to balance importance as a criterion for selection with pithiness and elegance, which still can only be measured with human faculties.
- Give the man credit for pithiness if nothing else.
- On the other hand, he responds to Zen stories and Haikus for their sheer pithiness.
Definition of pithy in US English: pithyadjectiveˈpiTHēˈpɪθi 1(of language or style) concise and forcefully expressive. Example sentencesExamples - For once, I have no pithy rejoinder to tack on to a post.
- One of those pithy phrases that tie together life, death, and the transcendental power of the written word.
- Soames looked him up and down before dismissing him with a pithy phrase from a great wartime leader.
- Maybe you'll be glad to see the end of my pithy exam summaries, who knows?
- The emails ranged from pithy observations to throwaway responses.
- The clarity of ideas and the interlacing of pithy quotes make this a readable, thought-provoking book.
- The narration is flooded with wonderfully pithy, insightful commentary.
- And the connection is a pithy phrase of Deputy Noonan's dating back to the 1987 election campaign.
- Every few minutes our phones beep with some pithy comment from each other.
- We live in the age of fast food and pithy one-liners.
- And I'm not going to end with a pithy summary.
- But Porter does not shy away from the pithy language of the street, when it seems called for.
- Fighting for the Future, for all its provocative arguments and pithy language, sometimes borders on the apocalyptic.
- I'm too tired to come up with something pithy.
- Knox delivers his one pithy line of the scene.
- He wrote plain English, punctuated by short pithy sentences.
- I didn't truly understand Dean Ricci when he uttered this pithy quote during an admissions interview.
- And it's years since I've heard anyone pile up as many pithy one-liners.
- - Thanks to Joe for this pithy summary of the relevant issues.
- The bard might have had some pithy poetic observations on Wilson's vision of corporate sponsorship.
Synonyms concise, short, brief, compact, condensed, crisp, laconic, terse, tight, to the point, economic, thumbnail, summary, short and sweet, in a few well-chosen words, compendious, epigrammatic, synoptic, aphoristic, gnomic 2(of a fruit or plant) containing much pith. Example sentencesExamples - When the trees bloom in March or April, the Walkers try to remove any remaining old, pithy fruit.
- In particular, its attractive golden rind is not a distinct, pithy covering like that of a true citrus fruit, but is thin, soft, and pulpy.
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