Pithy Synonyms and Antonyms

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Words Related to Pithy

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Pithy Sentence Examples

  • The short, pithy sayings have become popular mottoes and household words.

  • He didn't even bother to search his mental library under pithy, tasteless and nasty retorts.

  • His writings in tone and character are always alike " rich in thought and destitute of form, passionate and hair-splitting, eloquent and pithy in expression, energetic and condensed to the point of obscurity."

  • They were written in pithy and popular language, full of proverbs and colloquialisms. Plato is said to have introduced them into Athens and to have made use of them in his dialogues; according to Suidas, they were Plato's constant companions, and he even slept with them under his pillow.

  • His words have achieved the status of, at the very least, pithy aphorisms if not proverbs.

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