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pith⋅y

  [pith-ee]
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–adjective, pith⋅i⋅er, pith⋅i⋅est.
1. brief, forceful, and meaningful in expression; full of vigor, substance, or meaning; terse; forcible: a pithy observation.
2. of, like, or abounding in pith.
Origin:
1300–50; ME; see pith, -y 1

Related forms:
pith⋅i⋅ly, adverb
pith⋅i⋅ness, noun

Synonyms:
1. succinct, pointed, meaty, concise.
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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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Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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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.

2. 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).
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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