PITHILY Synonyms: 31 Similar and Opposite Words

pithily

adverb

Definition of pithily

as in concisely

in a few words the observation that "War is hell" is how General Sherman pithily summed up his experiences in combat

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Recent Examples of pithily The director, recently freed from a malfunctioning elevator in a pithily Andersonian incident, made a brief appearance onstage with Murray. — Los Angeles Times, 11 July 2026

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Communicating it simply and concisely requires a clear framework, strong data and deep business understanding.

— Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 23 July 2026
Maybe Spain never quite produced a picture-book goal to concisely summarise their style and quality.

— Michael Cox, New York Times, 20 July 2026

Definition of concisely

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In February, a 17-year-old stole a gun from police and opened fire at a public high school in southern Thailand, briefly taking people hostage in a two-hour attack that killed one person and wounded two others.

— ABC News, ABC News, 8 Aug. 2026
Wang founded the firm in 2016 after briefly working for Chinese drone giant DJI.

— Yue Wang, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026

Definition of briefly

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That elevated outlook is succinctly expressed by Barham Salih, who fled violence in his native Iraq as a teenager and is now the United Nations high commissioner for refugees.

— The Christian Science Monitor, Christian Science Monitor, 21 July 2026
That idea was succinctly captured by Valentina De Santis, the owner of Lake Como’s Passalacqua and Grand Hotel Tremezzo, which is featured on the August cover of Travel + Leisure.

— Denny Lee, Travel + Leisure, 16 July 2026

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