Antonyms for pithy

Grammar : Adj

Spell : pith-ee

Phonetic Transcription : ˈpɪθ i

Definition of pithy

Origin : 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.

adj brief, to the point

Example sentences :

The form of his judgment had to be pithy, striking, engraved within a ring.
Extract from : « Notes on Life and Letters » by Joseph Conrad

Hamlet saw that pithy old Polonius was a preposterous and orotund ass.
Extract from : « Pipefuls » by Christopher Morley

I crystallized my ideas into pithy sentences which a child could have understood.
Extract from : « Love Among the Chickens » by P. G. Wodehouse

Immense was the applause that followed the short, pithy speech of the Bourgeois.
Extract from : « The Golden Dog » by William Kirby

I particularly enjoyed the pithy judgment in about five words on Comte.
Extract from : « More Letters of Charles Darwin » by Charles Darwin

His own oratorical efforts were usually brief, pithy, and to the point.
Extract from : « Western Characters » by J. L. McConnel

He is not afraid of an idiomatic touch, nor of pithy, vigorous words.
Extract from : « Studies of Contemporary Poets » by Mary C. Sturgeon

There is a pithy tract bearing the title "The Oiled Feather."
Extract from : « The Expositor's Bible: The Book of Joshua » by William Garden Blaikie

It has a big, ragged, floccose ring, and the pithy stem is inclined to be hollow.
Extract from : « Mushroom Culture » by W. Robinson

He spoke, too, in a way which was as independent and pithy as it was quaintly-expressive.
Extract from : « Lancashire Sketches » by Edwin Waugh

Synonyms for pithy

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