pithier; pithiest
Examples of pithy in a Sentence
… Gore's prowess had been blurred by his performance in the Quayle debate and by his four preceding years in the Senate, where the prevailing style is indirect and woolly-swathed in layers of "my distinguished colleague" and short on zingers and pithy remarks.
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James Fallows, Atlantic, July 2000
I read my poems in L.A., chatted up the literary set, waxed pithy and beleaguered at the book signings and wine and cheese receptions.
—Thomas Lynch, The Undertaking, 1997
He does not hold forth to his family or to his court of old men; he listens, … then delivers short, pithy edicts that are then followed.
—Guy Martin, Esquire, June 1997
Unlike a great many other science books, the pithy, lyrical text never bogs down in a mudflat of facts.
—Leonard S. Marcus, Parenting, December/January 1996
The critic gave the film a pithy review.
The book is filled with pithy sayings about love and loss.
a pithy little Mother's Day card
James Fallows, Atlantic, July 2000
I read my poems in L.A., chatted up the literary set, waxed pithy and beleaguered at the book signings and wine and cheese receptions.
—Thomas Lynch, The Undertaking, 1997
He does not hold forth to his family or to his court of old men; he listens, … then delivers short, pithy edicts that are then followed.
—Guy Martin, Esquire, June 1997
Unlike a great many other science books, the pithy, lyrical text never bogs down in a mudflat of facts.
—Leonard S. Marcus, Parenting, December/January 1996
The critic gave the film a pithy review.
The book is filled with pithy sayings about love and loss.
a pithy little Mother's Day card
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The tool produces only contiguous excerpts, rather than joining different parts of the source video to produce a pithy summary of the entire thing.
—PC Magazine, 29 July 2025
Howe’s own verse (and even the syntax of her prose) was pithy and sonorous.
—Nick Ripatrazone
july 10, Literary Hub, 10 July 2025
The book is peppered with pithy comments by Marshall’s friends and intimates that provide sound bite insights into his consummate professionalism as well as his often aggressive and bellicose personality.
—Paul Liberatore, Mercury News, 11 July 2025
The conflict is also very evident in the state Capitol, with the political arc of Gov. Gavin Newsom a pithy example.
—Dan Walters, Oc Register, 8 July 2025
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PC Magazine, 29 July 2025
Howe’s own verse (and even the syntax of her prose) was pithy and sonorous.
—Nick Ripatrazone
july 10, Literary Hub, 10 July 2025
The book is peppered with pithy comments by Marshall’s friends and intimates that provide sound bite insights into his consummate professionalism as well as his often aggressive and bellicose personality.
—Paul Liberatore, Mercury News, 11 July 2025
The conflict is also very evident in the state Capitol, with the political arc of Gov. Gavin Newsom a pithy example.
—Dan Walters, Oc Register, 8 July 2025
See All Example Sentences for pithy
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“Pithy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pithy. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.
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pithy
adjective
pithier; pithiest
1
: consisting of or filled with pith
2
: being short and to the point
a pithy saying
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