pithy

  • 21pithy — adjective /ˈpɪθi/ a) Precisely meaningful; forceful and brief. b) Concise and full of meaning. Syn: terse, concise, laconic …

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  • 22pithy — Synonyms and related words: Spartan, abbreviated, abridged, allegorical, aphoristic, aposiopestic, associational, axiomatic, baccate, brief, brusque, clipped, close, compact, compendious, compressed, concise, condensed, connotational, connotative …

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  • 23pithy — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) , adj. concise; vigorous, forceful, powerful; meaningful; terse, brief, laconic. See meaning. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. succinct, terse, cogent, meaty, pointed, forcible, trenchant, pregnant, weighty,… …

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  • 24pithy — pith·y || pɪθɪ adj. succinct, concise, terse; brief and meaningful …

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  • 25pithy — adjective (pithier, pithiest) 1》 (of a fruit or plant) containing much pith. 2》 (of language or style) terse and vigorously expressive. Derivatives pithily adverb pithiness noun …

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  • 26pithy — a. 1. Forcible, energetic, cogent. 2. Terse, laconic, brief, concise, short, compact, pointed, sententious, full of meaning …

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  • 27pithy — I snitch, cabbage; peculate, embezzle, misappropriate, pocket, shark; shoplift, Sl. boost, walk off or away with, help oneself to, make free with, Euph. remove II adj succinct, concise, compact, tight, tight knit, finely honed, sharply focused;… …

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  • 28pithy — adj. (pithier, pithiest) 1 (of style, speech, etc.) condensed, terse, and forcible. 2 of, like, or containing much pith. Derivatives: pithily adv. pithiness n …

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  • 29pithy gall — noun : a large rough furrowed oblong gall formed on blackberry canes by a small cynipid gall wasp (Diastrophus turgidus) …

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  • 30Diastrophus nebulosus — Pithy 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. [1913 Webster] 2. Having nervous energy; forceful; cogent. [1913 Webster] This pithy speech… …

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