pithy
concise and full of meaning
Pithy in a sentence
Here are example sentences showing pithy in a sentence.
Her pithy summary captured in a sentence what others took pages to say.
Her pithy summary captured in one line what the lecture had taken an hour to convey.
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Verbal · Text Completion
The historian argued that the empire's collapse was not blank but the predictable outcome of decades of fiscal mismanagement that contemporaries had simply refused to acknowledge.
Using “pithy” well
Pithy is positive, praising language that is brief yet richly meaningful, unlike merely terse, which can sound curt.
More GRE words starting with P
to calm or soothe someone who is angry or agitated
a song or expression of joyful praise or triumph
done with careful and thorough effort
agreeable to the taste or acceptable to the mind
resembling a palace in size or grandeur
rebirth, regeneration, or renewal into a new existence
to ease the severity of something without curing it
pale or lacking vitality and color
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