pithyadjective
uk/ˈpɪθ.i/us/ˈpɪθ.i/pithy adjective (SHORT)
(of speech or writing) expressing an idea cleverly in a few words:
a pithy remark
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Not saying much
- a man/woman of few words idiom
- brevity
- brief
- briefly
- cat
- concise
- crisp
- curt
- few
- has the cat got your tongue? idiom
- laconic
- not waste words idiom
- quietly
- reticent
- taut
- terse
- wall
- walls have ears idiom
- waste
- well chosen
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pithy adjective (FRUIT)
with a lot of pith:
a pithy orange
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Fruits & seeds & their parts
- acorn
- berry
- chaff
- cocoa bean
- coffee bean
- endosperm
- fruiterer
- grain
- husk
- mielie
- nut
- pine cone
- pine nut
- pit
- seeded
- sesame seed
- stalk
- thistledown
- windfall
- zest
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pithily
adverb uk/ˈpɪθ.əl.i/us/ˈpɪθ.əl.i/