Synonyms for pithy
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : pith-ee |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈpɪθ i |
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Définition 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
- 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
Antonyms for pithy
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