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Pithiness

Pithiness \Pith"i*ness\, n. The quality or state of being pithy.

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pithiness

n. The condition of being pithy

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pithiness

n. terseness and economy in writing and speaking achieved by expressing a great deal in just a few words [syn: conciseness, concision, succinctness]

Usage examples of "pithiness".

Emerson could have thought, and the sentences had the Emersonian pithiness.

In the daytime he speaks his brisk business German, to which vestiges of military jargon lend pithiness and time-saving succinctness: "Let's cut the goldbricking, let's wade in!