单词	pithily
释义	pithy adjective ˈpi-thē  pithier; pithiest 1 : consisting of or abounding in pith 2 : having substance and point : tersely cogent pithily ˈpi-thə-lē  adverb pithiness ˈpi-thē-nəs  noun Synonyms aphoristic apothegmatic brief capsule compact compendious concise crisp curt elliptical elliptic epigrammatic laconic monosyllabic sententious succinct summary telegraphic terse thumbnail See all Synonyms & Antonyms Example Sentences … Gore's prowess had been blurred by his performance in the Quayle debate and by his four preceding years in the Senate, where the prevailing style is indirect and woolly-swathed in layers of "my distinguished colleague" and short on zingers and pithy remarks. James Fallows, Atlantic, July 2000 I read my poems in L.A., chatted up the literary set, waxed pithy and beleaguered at the book signings and wine and cheese receptions. Thomas Lynch, The Undertaking, 1997 He does not hold forth to his family or to his court of old men; he listens,  … then delivers short, pithy edicts that are then followed. Guy Martin, Esquire, June 1997 Unlike a great many other science books, the pithy, lyrical text never bogs down in a mudflat of facts. Leonard S. Marcus, Parenting, December/January 1996 The critic gave the film a pithy review. The book is filled with pithy sayings about love and loss. a pithy little Mother's Day card See More Recent Examples on the Web The bulk of the book focuses on these grand themes of change, speckled with pithy tidbits of automotive and engineering history. Mark Yost, WSJ, 8 Sep. 2022 Gone was the traditional press release with On’s financial figures lined up above a pithy quote from its leadership team about the magnitude of the day. Eric Smith, Outside Online, 15 Sep. 2021 Water imagery in the video is interspersed with short, pithy interviews with numerous Indigenous residents, mostly Tongva and Paiute. Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, 22 Aug. 2022 Barnett is the scruffy, poignant and pithy Australian singer/songwriter. Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 23 July 2022 But The Gray Man is a completely anonymous viewing experience, a series of set pieces and pithy jokes that’s devoid of personality. David Sims, The Atlantic, 22 July 2022 It is densely packed with art that invites lingering and details gleaned from scientific papers that are distilled to pithy and informative tidbits. Kate Siber, Outside Online, 2 Nov. 2020 Unfortunately, its acronym SCRI isn’t pithy or memorable like SHIELD or SPECTRE. Chris Klimek, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 July 2022 And sometimes, the rush to be pithy, timely, and provocative can lead Yglesias to shoot first and think carefully later. Joseph Thorndike, Forbes, 18 July 2022 See More Word History Etymology see pith entry 1 First Known Use 1529, in the meaning defined at sense 1 pithily adverb as in concisely in a few words the observation that "War is hell" is how General Sherman pithily summed up his experiences in combat Synonyms & Similar Words Relevance concisely briefly succinctly tersely laconically precisely crisply curtly summarily compactly elliptically shortly in short in brief in sum exactly aphoristically sententiously bluntly abruptly in a nutshell in a word brusquely bluffly monosyllabically Antonyms & Near Antonyms verbosely wordily diffusely redundantly repetitiously long-windedly
随便看	swchmn SWD sweal swealed swealing swealings sweals swear swear (someone) to secrecy swear (someone) to secrecy/silence swear blind swear by swear for swear in swear off swear on one's mother's grave swear on the Bible swear out swear someone to secrecy swear someone to silence swear to secrecy swear to silence swear up and down swear word swearer

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