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    PITHY

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

    Irregular inflected forms: pithier  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation, pithiest  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

     I. (adjective) 

    Comparative and superlative

    Comparative: pithier  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

    Superlative: pithiest  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Concise and full of meaningplay

    Example:

    the peculiarly sardonic and sententious style in which Don Luis composed his epigrams

    Synonyms:

    pithy; sententious

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    Adjectives

    Similar:

    concise (expressing much in few words)

    Derivation:

    pith (the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience)

    pithiness (terseness and economy in writing and speaking achieved by expressing a great deal in just a few words)

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