Thesaurus: pithy
Consisting wholly, or in part, of pith; abounding in pith; as, a pithy stem; a pithy fruit.
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Definitions
- superl. Consisting wholly, or in part, of pith; abounding in pith; as, a pithy stem; a pithy fruit.
- superl. Having nervous energy; forceful; cogent.
- adj. concise and full of meaning
- 1. Consisting wholly, or in part, of pith; abounding in pith; as, a pithy stem; a pithy fruit. 2. Having nervous energy; forceful; cogent. This pithy speech prevailed, and all agreed. Dryden. In all these Goodman Fact was very short, but pithy. Addison. Pithy gall (Zoöl.), a large, rough, furrowed, oblong gall, formed on blackberry canes by a small gallfly (Diastrophus nebulosus).
- j:100 s. concise and full of meaning