'Pithy' definitions:
Definition of 'pithy'
From: WordNet
adjective
Concise and full of meaning; "welcomed her pithy comments"; "the peculiarly sardonic and sententious style in which Don Luis composed his epigrams"- Hervey Allen [syn: pithy, sententious]
Definition of 'Pithy'
From: GCIDE
- Pithy \Pith"y\, 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]
Synonyms of 'pithy'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abbreviated,
- abridged,
- allegorical,
- aphoristic,
- aposiopestic,
- associational,
- axiomatic,
- baccate,
- brief,
- brusque,
- clipped,
- close,
- compact,
- compendious,
- compressed,
- concise,
- condensed,
- connotational,
- connotative,
- contracted,
- crisp,
- curt,
- cut,
- definable,
- denotational,
- denotative,
- docked,
- doughy,
- edematous,
- effective,
- elliptic,
- epigrammatic,
- expressive,
- extended,
- extensional,
- figurative,
- flabby,
- fleshy,
- forceful,
- formulaic,
- formulistic,
- full of meaning,
- full of point,
- full of substance,
- gnomic,
- indicative,
- intelligible,
- intensional,
- interpretable,
- laconic,
- lean,
- macerated,
- masticated,
- meaning,
- meaningful,
- meaty,
- medullary,
- metaphorical,
- mushy,
- pasty,
- platitudinous,
- pointed,
- pregnant,
- proverbial,
- pruned,
- pulpal,
- pulpar,
- pulped,
- pulplike,
- pulpy,
- pungent,
- readable,
- referential,
- reserved,
- sententious,
- short,
- short and sweet,
- shortened,
- significant,
- significative,
- soft,
- Spartan,
- spongy,
- squashy,
- squelchy,
- squishy,
- substantial,
- succinct,
- succulent,
- suggestive,
- summary,
- symbolic,
- synopsized,
- taciturn,
- terse,
- tight,
- to the point,
- transferred,
- truncated