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Webster 1913 Edition

Adj.

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Pithiest

Consisting wholly, or in part, of pith; abounding in pith;

as, a

pithy

stem; a

pithy

fruit.

Having nervous energy; forceful; cogent.

This

pithy

speech prevailed, and all agreed.

Dryden.

In all these Goodman Fact was very short, but

pithy

Addison.

Pithy gall

(Zool.)

a large, rough, furrowed, oblong gall, formed on blackberry canes by a small gallfly (

Diastrophus nebulosus

Adj.

Consisting of pith; containing pith; abounding with pith; as a pithy substance; a pithy stem.

Containing concentrated force; forcible; energetic; as a pithy word or expression.

This pithy speech prevailed and all agreed.

Uttering energetic words or expressions.

In all these, Goodman Fact was very short, but pithy.