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pithy
[ pith-ee ]
adjective
- brief, forceful, and meaningful in expression; full of vigor, substance, or meaning; terse; forcible:
a pithy observation.
Synonyms: , , ,
- of, like, or abounding in pith.
pithy
/ ˈ±èɪθɪ /
adjective
- terse and full of meaning or substance
- of, resembling, or full of pith
Derived Forms
- ˈ±è¾±³Ù³ó¾±²Ô±ð²õ²õ, noun
- ˈ±è¾±³Ù³ó¾±±ô²â, adverb
Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms
- ±è¾±³Ù³ói·±ô²â adverb
- ±è¾±³Ù³ói·²Ô±ð²õ²õ noun
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Example Sentences
The Trump administration has been oddly parsimonious about providing one of its patented pithy catchphrases for what we’re being liberated from.
Sam Cook’s “A Change Is Gonna Come†played as scores of attendees mingled and flashed pithy signs to cars speeding down Wilshire Boulevard.
The LP is pithy in the way that Phoebe Bridgers or Jenny Lewis write one-liners, but it’s an unexpectedly tender songwriter record from one of the sharpest, most self-aware minds in stand-up.
Included is a later 1991 piece on art museum displays, which she introduces with a pithy remark: “A museum is a way of seeing, not a way of learning about culture.â€
The cheek only came at the end of Swift's endorsement, with a pithy "childless cat lady" callback.
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