PITHY in a Sentence

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1. The wisdom of nations lies in their proverbs, which are brief and pithy.

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 Meanings and Examples of PITHY
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pithy
 a.  precisely meaningful; forceful and brief
Classic Sentence:
1  Uncas pressed closer to his side, and regarded the speaker with a look of commendation, while his father expressed his satisfaction by the ordinary pithy exclamation of approbation.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore Cooper
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 22
2  When his brief story was ended, the father of the sick woman stepped forth, and, in a few pithy expression, related, in his turn, what he knew.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore Cooper
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 27
3  They could always talk; and their discourse, witty, pithy, original, had such charms for me, that I preferred listening to, and sharing in it, to doing anything else.
Jane Eyre By Charlotte Bronte
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXIV
Example Sentence:
1  While other girls might have gone on and on about how un-cool Elton was, Liz summed it up in one pithy remark: "He's bogus!"
2  The wisdom of nations lies in their proverbs, which are brief and pithy.