Crossword clues for pithier
pithier
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Pithy \Pith"y\, a. [Compar. Pithier; superl. Pithiest.]
Consisting wholly, or in part, of pith; abounding in pith; as, a pithy stem; a pithy fruit.
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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).
Wiktionary
a. (en-comparative of: pithy)
WordNet
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 [syn: sententious]
adv. in a pithy sententious manner; "she expressed herself pithily" [syn: sententiously]
See pithy
Usage examples of "pithier".
Rosswell was out, and very likely soon to receive a much pithier dressing down from his own division head.
Nevertheless, when the old prince came down to evening tea, in his fur cloak and powdered wig, and at anyone's instigation began to tell his pithy anecdotes about the days gone by, or deliver his still pithier and harsher judgments on the present, he inspired in all his guests a unanimous feeling of sincere respect.