PITH'Y, adjective Consisting of pith; containing pith; abounding with pith; as a pithy substance; a pithy stem. 1. Containing concentrated force; forcible; energetic; as a pithy word or expression. This pithy speech prevailed and all agreed. 2. Uttering energetic words or expressions. In all these, Goodman Fact was very short, but pithy
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