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Pithy [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. Consisting of pith; containing pith; abounding with pith; as a pithy substance; a pithy stem.

2. Containing concentrated force; forcible; energetic; as a pithy word or expression.

3. This pithy speech prevailed and all agreed.

4. Uttering energetic words or expressions.

5. In all these, Goodman Fact was very short, but pithy

Pithy [Superlative] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. Consisting wholly, or in part, of pith; abounding in pith; as, a pithy stem; a pithy fruit.

2. Having nervous energy; forceful; cogent.

Meaning Roget’s Thesaurus §516

N. meaning, signification, significance, sense, expression, import, purport, force, drift, tenor, spirit, bearing, coloring, scope, substance, gist, essence, marrow, spirit, matter, subject, subject matter, argument, text, sum and substance, general meaning, broad meaning, substantial meaning, colloquial meaning, literal meaning, plain meaning, simple meaning, natural meaning, unstrained meaning, true meaning, honest meaning, prima facie meaning, letter of the law, literally, after acceptation, synonym, implication, allusion, suggestion, figure of speech, acceptation

V. mean, signify, express, import, purport, convey, imply, breathe, indicate, bespeak, bear a sense, tell of, speak of, touch on, point to, allude to, drive at, involve, declare, understand by

Adj. meaning, expressive, suggestive, allusive, significant, significative, significatory, pithy, full of meaning, pregnant with meaning, declaratory, intelligible, literal, synonymous, tantamount, implied, explicit

Adv. to that effect, that is to say

Conciseness Roget’s Thesaurus §572

N. conciseness, brevity, "the soul of wit", laconism, tacitus, ellipsis, syncope, abridgment, compression, epitome, monostich, brunch word, portmanteau word

V. be concise, condense, abridge, abstract, come to the point

Adj. concise, brief, short, terse, close, to the point, exact, neat, compact, compressed, condensed, pointed, laconic, curt, pithy, trenchant, summary, pregnant, compendious, succinct, elliptical, epigrammatic, quaint, crisp, sententious

Adv. concisely, briefly, summarily, in brief, in short, in a word, in a few words, for shortness sake, to come to the point, to make a long story short, to cut the matter short, to be brief, it comes to this, the long and the short of it is

Phr. brevis esse laboro obscurus fio

Vigor Roget’s Thesaurus §574

N. vigor, power, force, boldness, raciness, # intellectual, force, spirit, point, antithesis, piquance, piquancy, verve, glow, fire, warmth, strong language, gravity, sententiousness, elevation, loftiness, sublimity, eloquence, command of words, command of language

Adj. vigorous, nervous, powerful, forcible, trenchant, incisive, impressive, sensational, spirited, lively, glowing, sparkling, racy, bold, slashing, pungent, piquant, full of point, pointed, pithy, antithetical, sententious, lofty, elevated, sublime, eloquent, vehement, petulant, impassioned, poetic

Adv. in glowing terms, in good set terms, in no measured terms

Phr. "thoughts that breath and words that burn"