US /ˈpɪθi/
adj Freq #47337

Meanings

  1. 1
    adj

    concise and full of meaning

    We welcomed their pithy comments in to the previously drawn out conversation.

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Synonyms
1 adj · concise and full of meaning sententious
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Word family
Forms pithierpithiest
Derived forms pithilypithinessunpithy

Etymology

From Middle English pithy, pythy, equivalent to pith + -y.

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