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Definition of Pithiest
1. pithy [adj] - See also: pithy
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pithiest
Literary usage of Pithiest
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Faith and philosophy. Essays on some tendencies of the day by Isaac Gregory Smith (1867)
"We quote at hazard two of the pithiest:— Marry your son when you will, your
daughter when you can. ..."
2. The Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare (1900)
"The pithiest version of the saying referred to is the Scotch : " God's grace is
gear enough." 142 guarded: ornamented with lace or galloon. ..."
3. Publishers Weekly by Publishers' Board of Trade (U.S.), Book Trade Association of Philadelphia, American Book Trade Union, Am. Book Trade Association, R.R. Bowker Company (1892)
"Those who consult t oracle," besides deriving much amusement, 1 come familiar
with many of the pithiest quoi tions from Shakespeare. ..."
4. The Cambridge History of English Literature by Adolphus William Ward, Alfred Rayney Waller (1912)
"It is much shorter than The Character of a Trimmer, but not less notable; for it
may unhesitatingly be described as one of the pithiest and most ..."
5. Notes and Queries by Martim de Albuquerque (1850)
"... and perhaps the pithiest and completes! exposition of t he doctrine of a part
icular school ever made, was Jean Claude Marie Vincent de Gournay, ..."
6. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann, Edward Aloysius Pace, Condé Bénoist Pallen, Thomas Joseph Shahan, John Joseph Wynne (1913)
"His thought is generally lucidity itself in his pithiest scholastic condensations,
nor is it less perspicuous when he adopts a freer and more elegant style ..."
7. Library of Literary Criticism of English and American Authors by Charles Wells Moulton (1910)
"Like Shakespeare, she gives us a large number of wise sayings, expressed in the
pithiest language.— MEIKLEJOHN, JMD, 1887, The English Language: /& Grammar, ..."
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