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Definition of Pithily
1. Adverb. In a pithy sententious manner. "She expressed herself pithily"
Definition of Pithily
1. adv. In a pithy manner.
Definition of Pithily
1. Adverb. In a pithy manner, concisely and to the point. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Pithily
1. pithy [adv] - See also: pithy
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pithily
Literary usage of Pithily
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A History of Greece: From the Earliest Times to the Roman Conquest with by William Smith, Cornelius Conway Felton (1857)
"Her real aim is pithily characterized in an anecdote recorded of Agesilaus.
When somebody remarked, "Alas for Hellas, that our Spartans should be ..."
2. Third and Final Series of Bibliographical Collections and Notes on Early by William Carew Hazlitt (1887)
"Compiled more pithily then hitherto hath beene published in English. . . .
London, Printed by IL for Robert VPV Narratio Histórica ..."
3. The American System of Trial by Jury: An Address by Daniel Henry Chamberlain (1887)
"... march of English law; they are the very sources—fons et origo—of a great part
of our settled law and jurisprudence. Lord Bacon has said, as pithily as ..."
4. The Queensland Law Journal Reports by W. H. Osborne (1884)
"The judgment is given on page 102, very shortly but pithily. Sir Cress- well
Cresswell says : "HI dismiss the parties I make no decree, and have no power to ..."
5. The Polity of the Ancient Hebrews by Mayer Sulzberger (1912)
"... which incensed Gideon and which was pithily depicted in the song of Deborah: "Reuben
abode among his sheepfolds. Gilead abode beyond Jordan" (Judges 5, ..."
6. English Garner: Ingatherings from Our History & Literature by Edward Arber (1895)
"... The Queen's Majesty, with both her hands took the purse, and answered to him
again marvellously pithily; ..."
7. A History of Greece: From the Earliest Times to the Roman Conquest with by William Smith, Cornelius Conway Felton (1857)
"Her real aim is pithily characterized in an anecdote recorded of Agesilaus.
When somebody remarked, "Alas for Hellas, that our Spartans should be ..."
8. Third and Final Series of Bibliographical Collections and Notes on Early by William Carew Hazlitt (1887)
"Compiled more pithily then hitherto hath beene published in English. . . .
London, Printed by IL for Robert VPV Narratio Histórica ..."
9. The American System of Trial by Jury: An Address by Daniel Henry Chamberlain (1887)
"... march of English law; they are the very sources—fons et origo—of a great part
of our settled law and jurisprudence. Lord Bacon has said, as pithily as ..."
10. The Queensland Law Journal Reports by W. H. Osborne (1884)
"The judgment is given on page 102, very shortly but pithily. Sir Cress- well
Cresswell says : "HI dismiss the parties I make no decree, and have no power to ..."
11. The Polity of the Ancient Hebrews by Mayer Sulzberger (1912)
"... which incensed Gideon and which was pithily depicted in the song of Deborah: "Reuben
abode among his sheepfolds. Gilead abode beyond Jordan" (Judges 5, ..."
12. English Garner: Ingatherings from Our History & Literature by Edward Arber (1895)
"... The Queen's Majesty, with both her hands took the purse, and answered to him
again marvellously pithily; ..."
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