pithy

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  • Adjective:
    concise and full of meaning
  • Adverb:
    in a pithy sententious manner

Word Origin

pithy (adj.)
early 14c., "strong, vigorous," from pith (n.) + -y (2). Meaning "full of substance or significance" is from 1520s; literal meaning "full of pith" not attested until 1560s. Related: Pithily; pithiness.

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