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pith·y

 (pĭth′ē)
adj. pith·i·er, pith·i·est
1. Precisely meaningful; forceful and brief: a pithy comment.
2. Consisting of or resembling pith.

pith′i·ly adv.
pith′i·ness n.
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pithy

(ˈpɪθɪ)
adj, pithier or pithiest
1. terse and full of meaning or substance
2. of, resembling, or full of pith
ˈpithily adv
ˈpithiness n
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pith•y

(ˈpɪθ i)

adj. pith•i•er, pith•i•est.
1. brief, forceful, and meaningful in expression; terse; forcible: a pithy observation.
2. of, like, or abounding in pith.
[1300–50]
pith′i•ly, adv.
pith′i•ness, n.
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Adj.1.pithy - concise and full of meaning; "welcomed her pithy comments"; "the peculiarly sardonic and sententious style in which Don Luis composed his epigrams"- Hervey Allen
concise - expressing much in few words; "a concise explanation"
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pithy

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pithy

adjective
Precisely meaningful and tersely cogent:
Informal: brass-tacks.
Idioms: down to brass tacks, to the point.
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pithy

[ˈpɪθɪ] ADJ (pithier (compar) (pithiest (superl))) (Bot) → con mucho blanco en la cáscara (fig) (= terse) [statement, comment, style] → sucinto, conciso
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pithy

[ˈpɪθi] adj [comment, saying, advice, description, dialogue] → lapidaire
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pithy

adj (+er) (Bot) → reich an Mark; oranges etcdickschalig; (fig)prägnant, markig; pithy remarksKraftsprüche pl
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pithy

[ˈpɪθɪ] adj (-ier (comp) (-iest (superl))) (fig) (argument) → vigoroso/a; (remarks) → arguto/a; (account) → conciso/a
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Two frazzled young fathers, both bearing paperbacks, running around, shouting "go forth and multiply!" Though in somewhat pithier language than that.
Right now I have my doubts." The Wall Street Journal editorial page was even pithier when its editors wrote: "President Donald Trump is a lucky man."
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For now, the new initiative is called the Collaborative Fund for Women's Safety and Dignity, although there are plans to shift to a pithier name.
The French press hailed the victory in its Monday editions, with sports newspaper L'Equipe devoting its cover to a picture of the celebrating team with the headline:"Everlasting Happiness." "AGAIN!" was the pithier verdict of left-wing daily Liberation.
Most studies of Santideva's work have tended to focus on the Bodhicaryavatara, the pithier and more poetic of his two works; it has been more widely read in India, Tibet, and the West, and is now widely taught in courses on Buddhism and Buddhist ethics.
Blogs and tweets tend to be pithier and earthier than the forms of writing usually served up as evidence of performance criticism.
The pithier received version might be a tighter rendition by the same speaker, or it might have been improved by others in later repetition, but both forms include the distinctive element that make it so attractive today: the curve ball described as deceitful, stated in the voice of moral condemnation.
In sum, senior members of the defense community and others seeking analysis of past counterinsurgencies in the service of future field application will find pithier sources elsewhere.
They sought out Merlo, interviewed him and reproduced some of his timelier and pithier comments.
When talking about Wood, he uses the term "libertarian" advisedly, Contreras points out on the back cover of the book, which also contains some of his subject's pithier quotations.