0 (of speech or writing) expressing an idea cleverly in a few words:
a pithy remark
1 with a lot of pith:
a pithy orange
If it is not advisable to make pithy statements about the effects of diversity on all exclusivistic beliefs and believers, what then can be said about these effects?
A pithy summation, but not an entirely convincing resolution of the dilemma.
Thinking this way we would find that the moral agent keeps a ready stock of resources useful for various moral puzzlements - old stories, memories, wisdom sayings, pithy maxims.
His new piece took the form of a 12-minute concertino for solo double bass and ensemble cast in one pithy single-movement divided into 15 sections.
He was always pithy, always moderate, always clear-headed, always courteous, always scrupulously accurate and responsible, end never afraid to speak his mind.
The reason was summed up in a phrase that was so pithy that one wonders whether he wrote it himself.
The number of pithy phrases contained in this introduction, phrases which set out principles of the highest value, is really remarkable.
Various pithy guidelines were produced during the previous debate to illustrate the readiness of the chiropractic profession to receive statutory regulation.
