pithy
AdjectiveSynonyms:
sententious
WordNet 3.0
Adjective (1)
- concise and full of meaning“welcomed her pithy comments”“the peculiarly sardonic and sententious style in which Don Luis composed his epigrams — Hervey Allen”Synonyms: sententious
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)
1.Consisting wholly, or in part, of pith; abounding in pith; as, a pithy stem; a pithy fruit. [1913 Webster]
2.Having nervous energy; forceful; cogent. [1913 Webster]
This pithy speech prevailed, and all agreed.— Dryden.[1913 Webster]
In all these Goodman Fact was very short, but pithy.— Addison.[1913 Webster]
Pithy gall (Zool.), a large, rough, furrowed, oblong gall, formed on blackberry canes by a small gallfly (Diastrophus nebulosus). [1913 Webster]