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Definition of Pithiness
1. Noun. Terseness and economy in writing and speaking achieved by expressing a great deal in just a few words.
Generic synonyms: Terseness
Derivative terms: Concise, Pithy, Succinct
Definition of Pithiness
1. n. The quality or state of being pithy.
Definition of Pithiness
1. Noun. The condition of being pithy ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Pithiness
1. [n -ES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pithiness
Literary usage of Pithiness
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Celery Culture: A Practical Treatise on the Principles Involved in the by William Renwick Beattie (1907)
"... True pithiness in celery is similar to a disease in that it may frequently be
prevented by proper cultural conditions. Recent observations have shown ..."
2. Modern characteristics, [by J. Morley] from the Saturday review by John Morley (1865)
"pithiness. l]HE field of conversation is, in one sense, much wider in English
society than it is anywhere else. Politics, for instance, fill a space among ..."
3. The American Catholic Quarterly Review by James Andrew Corcoran, Patrick John Ryan, Edmond Francis Prendergast (1892)
"The pithiness, too, of the summing up of any controversy is often so neat as to
be striking; it reminds us not unfrequently of Cardinal Newman. ..."
4. Fraser's Magazine by Thomas Carlyle (1857)
"... it is clear enough that he quotes them with a secret enjoyment and admiration
of their pithiness. When Barrow, for instance, tells those who attempt to ..."
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