Pithy
adjective
Short but full of meaning and point.
She made a pithy comment that summed up the entire situation.
Often appears as...
- pithy comment
- pithy remark
adjective
Short but full of meaning and point.
She made a pithy comment that summed up the entire situation.
Often appears as...
- pithy comment
- pithy remark
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Pro Tip 1/3Expressive Efficiency
Pithy implies that a lot is said with few words. It values brevity and impact over length.
His speech was pithy, capturing the audience's attention immediately.
Pro Tip 2/3Wit and Wisdom
A pithy statement often contains a clever or wise observation that makes people think.
Her pithy sayings are quoted often at our meetings.
Pro Tip 3/3Persuasive Power
A pithy phrase can be persuasive because it's memorable and doesn't overwhelm with too much information.
The politician’s pithy slogan swayed voters.
Compare with
briefcompactconcisionepigrammaticpointsuccinctterseto the point
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Ariel Garten: Know...
But the truth is it doesn't really matter which sage said it first, because it's still sage advice, even today. "Know thyself." It's pithy almost to the point of being meaningless, but it rings familiar and true, doesn't it?
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Ariel Garten: Know...
But the truth is it doesn't really matter which sage said it first, because it's still sage advice, even today. "Know thyself." It's pithy almost to the point of being meaningless, but it rings familiar and true, doesn't it?
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Quote examples
Susie Dent
English Scientist
English may be the fastest moving language in the world, but there are plenty of concepts, sensations and everyday occurrences which lack a pithy word to describe them. Take the clunkiness of 'the day before yesterday' and 'the day after tomorrow': German provides single words for both.
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Chris Sacca
American Businessman
A great idea can't succeed without a great operator. But rarely can a great operator squeak by with a bad idea. So, as pithy as it sounds to say 'It's all about the people,' I only invest when I think I have found the right team for the right business.
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Bertie Carvel
British Actor
I get so carried away in interviews and deliver 1,500-word treatises, then find it's been reduced to something pithier but also not quite accurate. Although I imagine there are people I work with who wish they could edit me every day.
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Kate Christensen
American Novelist
American Music' is an inventive, passionate, pithy novel whose major theme is love itself and whose minor theme, music, is an emotional, meaningful counterpoint. Like Count Basie and His Orchestra, this book swings.
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Jeffrey Tambor
American Actor
What can I say about a world without Garry Shandling? This is where I need Garry. He would have something pithy, and there would be a laugh, and your heart would break at the same time. He changed my life.
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Edward Carpenter
English Activist
Whatever the practical value of the Walden experiment may be, there is no question that the book is one of the most vital and pithy ever written.
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Faith Salie
American Journalist
In case you don't watch much TV or spend time with anyone under 40, 'Really?' is pop culture's pithiest way to deliver a withering put-down.
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Denis Diderot
French Editor
Pithy sentences are like sharp nails which force truth upon our memory.
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Ben Dolnick
American Writer
A short-story collection is harder to formulate pithy sentences about.
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Matt Hancock
British Politician
I am a very slow reader. I have to have things written in a pithy way.
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Susie Dent
English Scientist
English may be the fastest moving language in the world, but there are plenty of concepts, sensations and everyday occurrences which lack a pithy word to describe them. Take the clunkiness of 'the day before yesterday' and 'the day after tomorrow': German provides single words for both.
Quote examples
Chris Sacca
American Businessman
A great idea can't succeed without a great operator. But rarely can a great operator squeak by with a bad idea. So, as pithy as it sounds to say 'It's all about the people,' I only invest when I think I have found the right team for the right business.
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Bertie Carvel
British Actor
I get so carried away in interviews and deliver 1,500-word treatises, then find it's been reduced to something pithier but also not quite accurate. Although I imagine there are people I work with who wish they could edit me every day.
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Kate Christensen
American Novelist
American Music' is an inventive, passionate, pithy novel whose major theme is love itself and whose minor theme, music, is an emotional, meaningful counterpoint. Like Count Basie and His Orchestra, this book swings.
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Jeffrey Tambor
American Actor
What can I say about a world without Garry Shandling? This is where I need Garry. He would have something pithy, and there would be a laugh, and your heart would break at the same time. He changed my life.
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Edward Carpenter
English Activist
Whatever the practical value of the Walden experiment may be, there is no question that the book is one of the most vital and pithy ever written.
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Faith Salie
American Journalist
In case you don't watch much TV or spend time with anyone under 40, 'Really?' is pop culture's pithiest way to deliver a withering put-down.
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Denis Diderot
French Editor
Pithy sentences are like sharp nails which force truth upon our memory.
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Ben Dolnick
American Writer
A short-story collection is harder to formulate pithy sentences about.
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Matt Hancock
British Politician
I am a very slow reader. I have to have things written in a pithy way.
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