Pithy
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈpɪθi/ · Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Pithy is an adjective meaning Concise and meaningful.
Meaning
Concise and meaningful.
More Meanings
- Of, like, or abounding in pith; spongy or having small holes or pits.
- (now rare and chiefly Scotland) Vigorous, powerful, strong; substantial.
Example Sentences
1910, Liberty Hyde Bailey, Manual of Gardening, Suggestions and Reminders I: For the North, April, Parsnip.—Dig the roots before they grow and become soft and pithy.
IT was a pithy saying that of Lorenzo de' Medici, and true as pithy, that we are enjoined to forgive our enemies, but nowhere are we told that we should forgive our friends.
His bairns a’ before the flood / Had langer tack o’ fleſh and blood, / And on mair pithy ſhanks they ſtood / Than Noah’s line, / Wha ſtill hae been a feckleſs brood / Wi’ drinking wine.
The following passage, which is exquisitely pithy and exquisitely modest, winds up the description:- "In this apparatus there is nothing new but its simplicity and thorough trustworthiness."
Word Forms
- pithier
- pithiest
Synonyms for pithy
Depending on context, synonyms include terse, concise, laconic, succinct, sententious, sententiously.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include concise, sententious, sententiously, succinct, powerful, potent.
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