PITHY in a Sentence
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Example sentences for PITHY, such as:
1. The wisdom of nations lies in their proverbs, which are brief and pithy.
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Meanings and Examples of PITHY
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pithy
a. concise and full of meaning
Classic Sentence:
1 Uncas pressed closer to his side, and regarded the speaker with a look of commendation, while his father expressed his satisfaction by the ordinary pithy exclamation of approbation.
2 When his brief story was ended, the father of the sick woman stepped forth, and, in a few pithy expression, related, in his turn, what he knew.
3 They could always talk; and their discourse, witty, pithy, original, had such charms for me, that I preferred listening to, and sharing in it, to doing anything else.
Example Sentence:
1 While other girls might have gone on and on about how un-cool Elton was, Liz summed it up in one pithy remark: "He's bogus!"
2 The wisdom of nations lies in their proverbs, which are brief and pithy.