(adj) concise and full of meaning; ; - Hervey Allen, Syn.sententious, Example: welcomed her pithy comments; the peculiarly sardonic and sententious style in which Don Luis composed his epigrams
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English (GCIDE) v.0.53
a. [ Compar. Pithier superl. Pithiest. ]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 ]
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