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pithy /ˈpɪθi /adjective (pithier, pithiest)1(Of a fruit or plant) containing much pith.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...- Fighting for the Future, for all its provocative arguments and pithy language, sometimes borders on the apocalyptic.
- But Porter does not shy away from the pithy language of the street, when it seems called for.
- The narration is flooded with wonderfully pithy, insightful commentary.
Derivatives pithily /ˈpɪθɪli / adverb ...- Jean-Paul Sartre pithily summed up the French attitude in 1953: ‘America has rabies.’
- 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.
- I found my page and there was a photo of myself and underneath it my talents were pithily described.
pithiness /ˈpɪθɪnəs / noun ...- The description of academia is a little harsh, but I have to admire the pithiness of his assessment of its effectiveness.
- On the other hand, he responds to Zen stories and Haikus for their sheer pithiness.
- Don't think much of her, really, though she has a wit and pithiness that makes it tolerable.
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