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iadjective, 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.
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Pithy
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Example Sentences
- Here's a particularly pithy commentary about printers.
- There is an excellent point in that pithy excerpt you chose.
- Terminators should not pontificate or deliver pithy one liners to corpses.
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Word Origin & History
pithy
c.1300, "full of substance or significance," from pith. Figurative sense is oldest; literal meaning "Full of pith" not attested until 1560s.
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