pithy 音标拼音: [p'ɪθi]
a . 有髓的,有力的,含蓄的
有髓的,有力的,含蓄的
pithy adj 1 :
concise and full of meaning ; "
welcomed her pithy comments "; "
the peculiarly sardonic and sententious style in which Don Luis composed his epigrams "-
Hervey Allen [
synonym : {
pithy }, {
sententious }]
Pithy \
Pith "
y \,
a . [
Compar . {
Pithier };
superl . {
Pithiest }.]
1 .
Consisting wholly ,
or in part ,
of pith ;
abounding in pith ;
as ,
a pithy stem ;
a pithy fruit .
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2 .
Having nervous energy ;
forceful ;
cogent .
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This pithy speech prevailed ,
and all agreed .
--
Dryden .
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In all these Goodman Fact was very short ,
but pithy .
--
Addison .
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{
Pithy gall } (
Zool .),
a large ,
rough ,
furrowed ,
oblong gall ,
formed on blackberry canes by a small gallfly ({
Diastrophus nebulosus }).
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99 Moby Thesaurus words for "
pithy ":
Spartan ,
abbreviated ,
abridged ,
allegorical ,
aphoristic ,
aposiopestic ,
associational ,
axiomatic ,
baccate ,
brief ,
brusque ,
clipped ,
close ,
compact ,
compendious ,
compressed ,
concise ,
condensed ,
connotational ,
connotative ,
contracted ,
crisp ,
curt ,
cut ,
definable ,
denotational ,
denotative ,
docked ,
doughy ,
edematous ,
effective ,
elliptic ,
epigrammatic ,
expressive ,
extended ,
extensional ,
figurative ,
flabby ,
fleshy ,
forceful ,
formulaic ,
formulistic ,
full of meaning ,
full of point ,
full of substance ,
gnomic ,
indicative ,
intelligible ,
intensional ,
interpretable ,
laconic ,
lean ,
macerated ,
masticated ,
meaning ,
meaningful ,
meaty ,
medullary ,
metaphorical ,
mushy ,
pasty ,
platitudinous ,
pointed ,
pregnant ,
proverbial ,
pruned ,
pulpal ,
pulpar ,
pulped ,
pulplike ,
pulpy ,
pungent ,
readable ,
referential ,
reserved ,
sententious ,
short ,
short and sweet ,
shortened ,
significant ,
significative ,
soft ,
spongy ,
squashy ,
squelchy ,
squishy ,
substantial ,
succinct ,
succulent ,
suggestive ,
summary ,
symbolic ,
synopsized ,
taciturn ,
terse ,
tight ,
to the point ,
transferred ,
truncated
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