English-Thai Dictionary

pithy

ADJ ซึ่ง ได้ ใจความ  ซึ่ง รวบรัด  brief compact lengthy long sueng-dai-jai-kwam

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

PITHY

a.Consisting of pith; containing pith; abounding with pith; as a pithy substance; a pithy stem. 1. Containing concentrated force; forcible; energetic; as a pithy word or expression.
This pithy speech prevailed and all agreed.
2. Uttering energetic words or expressions.
In all these, Goodman Fact was very short, but pithy.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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.

 

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

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

pithy

pith y |ˈpiTHē ˈpɪθi | ▶adjective ( pithier, pithiest ) 1 (of language or style ) concise and forcefully expressive. 2 (of a fruit or plant ) containing much pith. DERIVATIVES pith i ly |ˈpiTHəlē |adverb, pith i ness noun

 

Oxford Dictionary

pithy

pithy |ˈpɪθi | ▶adjective ( pithier, pithiest ) 1 (of a fruit or plant ) containing much pith. 2 (of language or style ) terse and vigorously expressive: his characteristically pithy comments. DERIVATIVES pithily adverb, pithiness noun

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

pithy

pithy adjective pithy comments: succinct, terse, concise, compact, short (and sweet ), brief, condensed, to the point, epigrammatic, crisp, thumbnail; significant, meaningful, expressive, telling; formal compendious. ANTONYMS verbose.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

pithy

pithy adjective pithy comments. See succinct.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

pithy

pith y /pɪ́θi /形容詞 1 髄の (ような ), 髄の多い .2 〈表現などが 〉簡潔で要を得た, 端的な ; 力強い ; 含蓄のある .p í th i ness 名詞