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pithily

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pith·y  (pth)
adj. pith·i·er, pith·i·est
1. Precisely meaningful; forceful and brief: a pithy comment.
2. Consisting of or resembling pith.
pithi·ly adv.
pithi·ness n.
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Adv.1.pithily - in a pithy sententious manner; "she expressed herself pithily"
sententiously
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pithily
adv → prägnant, kernig, markig


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For I am a plodding kind of fellow, Copperfield, and had learnt the way of doing such things pithily.
David Copperfield by Dickens, Charles View in context
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