PITHY


Meaning of PITHY in English

(pithier, pithiest)

A ~ comment or piece of writing is short, direct, and full of meaning. (WRITTEN)

His ~ advice to young painters was, ‘Above all, keep your colours fresh.’...

Many of them made a point of praising the film’s ~ dialogue.

ADJ: usu ADJ n

pithily

Louis Armstrong defined jazz pithily as ‘what I play for a living’.

ADV: ADV with v

Collins COBUILD.      Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык Коллинз COBUILD (международная база данных языков Бирмингемского университета) .