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pithy
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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).
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
early 14c., "strong, vigorous," from pith (n.) + -y (2). Meaning "full of substance or significance" is from 1520s; literal meaning "full of pith" not attested until 1560s. Related: Pithily; pithiness.
Wiktionary
a. 1 concise and meaningful. 2 Of, like, or abounding in pith.
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]
Usage examples of "pithy".
While she listened to the desk sergeant, asked a couple of pithy questions, she twirled pasta on her fork.
Whatever novelty there is in the play must be sought, not in the situations, but in the pithy and laconic dialogue, which has a distinct national coloring.
He spoke with a quiet self-possession and a pithy incisiveness which were altogether phenomenal.
Grateful that the darkness covered the embarrassed twist of her features, she searched for some appropriately pithy reply.
After a few moments of awkward silence, he shifted in his seat and fell back to regaling Miss Robertson with more pithy commentary on the various personages who were making their way along Rotten Row.
The familiar vivacity was there, spilling out of her, and she was humorous, pithy, and gentle by turn, displaying her love for Emma and his grandfather with every word she uttered.
Johannes cleared his throat preparatory to making a pithy remark, but he was interrupted by Admiral Wimbush, who wanted to head off a confrontation.
He then asked modestly if I could give him any other pithy saying which would be worthy of remembrance.
Even so, he gave a few sentences of pithy advice, very much what Gorgidas had also been thinking.
It had been suggested by the Minister of Education of that period that the children attending the State schools should be instructed in the duties of citizenship, and that they should be taught something of the laws under which they lived, and I was commissioned to write a short and pithy statement of the case.
Lady Bel way, glaring at her from her high stacked pillows, delivered a pithy diatribe on hospital food and her own supper in particular, while Augusta stood patiently.
She was still explaining, rather vaguely, why she had chosen a grey outfit for the occasion when the men came in and Katrina found herself with Uncle Ben, listening to his pithy account of his morning rounds.
It was Professor Wyllie who did most of the talking, making mild little quips about her disastrous walk, pithy remarks about the abominable weather, and a rather rambling discourse about electronics, which as far as she could make out had nothing to do with anyone present.
Daemon clamped his teeth together in order to keep a wonderfully pithy response from escaping.
FISK, On which was a written not in words, 405 But hieroglyphic mute of birds, Many rare pithy saws concerning The worth of astrologic learning.