pithy (redirected from pithiest)

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.

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pithi·ly adv.

pithi·ness n.

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pithy [ˈpɪθɪ]

adj pithier, pithiest

1. terse and full of meaning or substance

2. of, resembling, or full of pith

pithily  adv

pithiness  n

Thesaurus

Adj.

1.

pithy - concise and full of meaning; "welcomed her pithy comments"; "the peculiarly sardonic and sententious style in which Don Luis composed his epigrams"- Hervey Allen sententious concise - expressing much in few words; "a concise explanation"

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pithy

adjective succinct, pointed, short, brief, to the point, compact, meaningful, forceful, expressive, concise, terse, laconic, trenchant, cogent, epigrammatic, finely honed a pithy comment
diffuse, long-winded, wordy, garrulous, loquacious, verbose, prolix

Translations

pithy [ˈpɪθɪ] ADJ (pithier (compar) (pithiest (superl))) (Bot) → con mucho blanco en la cáscara (fig) (= terse) [statement, comment, style] → sucinto, conciso

pithy [ˈpɪθi] adj [comment, saying, advice, description, dialogue] → lapidaire

pithy

adj (+er) (Bot) → reich an Mark; oranges etc → dickschalig; (fig) → prägnant, markig; pithy remarks → Kraftsprüche pl

pithy [ˈpɪθɪ] adj (-ier (comp) (-iest (superl))) (fig) (argument) → vigoroso/a; (remarks) → arguto/a; (account) → conciso/a