pithy
adjective
1 pithy
Concise and full of meaning:
— Welcomed her pithy comments.
synonym: sententious.
Roget 572:
concise,
brief,
short,
terse,
close;
to the point,
exact;
neat,
compact;
compressed,
condensed,
pointed;
laconic,
curt,
pithy,
trenchant,
summary;
pregnant;
compendious
etc.
(compendium)
596;
succinct;
elliptical,
epigrammatic,
quaint,
crisp;
sententious.
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Roget 574:
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.
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Roget 516:
meaning
etc.
v.;
expressive,
suggestive,
allusive;
significant,
significative†,
significatory†;
pithy;
full of meaning,
pregnant with meaning.
declaratory
etc.
535;
intelligible
etc.
518;
literal;
synonymous;
tantamount
etc.
(equivalent)
27;
implied
etc.
(latent)
526;
explicit
etc.
525.
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Polish: sentencjonalny
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