pithy

• POS: Adjective
• HYPHEN: pith=y

CIDE DICTIONARY

pithy, a. 

•  Consisting wholly, or in part, of pith; abounding in pith; as, a pithy stem; a pithy fruit.  [1913 Webster]
•  Having nervous energy; forceful; cogent.  [1913 Webster]

  "This pithy speech prevailed, and all agreed."  [1913 Webster]

  "In all these Goodman Fact was very short, but pithy."  [1913 Webster]

Pithy gall (Zoöl.), a large, rough, furrowed, oblong gall, formed on blackberry canes by a small gallfly (Diastrophus nebulosus).

OXFORD DICTIONARY

pithy, adj. (pithier, pithiest)
1 (of style, speech, etc.) condensed, terse, and forcible.
2 of, like, or containing much pith.

Derivative

pithily adv. pithiness n.

THESAURUS

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

ROGET THESAURUS

pithy

Conciseness

N conciseness, brevity, the soul of wit, laconism, Tacitus, ellipsis, syncope, abridgment, compression, epitome, monostich, brunch word, portmanteau word, 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, 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, brevis esse laboro obscurus fio.

Vigor

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, 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, in glowing terms, in good set terms, in no measured terms, thoughts that breath and words that burn.

Meaning

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, &c 543 prima facie meaning, letter of the law, literally, after acceptation, synonym, implication, allusion, suggestion, figure of speech, acceptation, meaning, expressive, suggestive, allusive, significant, significative, significatory, pithy, full of meaning, pregnant with meaning, declaratory, intelligible, literal, synonymous, tantamount, implied, explicit, to that effect, that is to say.