Definition of pithily - Reverso English Dictionary

Adverb

concise expression

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in a manner that is concise and forcefully expressive

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She summed up the argument pithily in just a few words..
He pithily criticized the proposal during the meeting.
The review was written pithily, covering all points succinctly.

concisely

tersely

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Origin of pithily

Old English, pith (essential part) + -ly (adverbial suffix)

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French:succinctement, ...
German:prägnant, ...
Italian:con forza espressiva, ...
Spanish:concisa y expresivamente, ...
Portuguese:de maneira sucinta, ...
Chinese:简洁有力地, ...
Japanese:簡潔に, ...
Arabic:بِإيجاز بَليغ, ...
Hebrew:בְּתוֹצָרוֹת, ...
Russian:лаконично, ...
Ukrainian:лаконічно, ...
Hindi:संक्षेप में, ...
Bengali:সংক্ষেপে, ...
Catalan:amb concisió, ...
Czech:stručně, ...
Danish:kortfattet, ...
Dutch:bondig, ...
Greek:περιεκτικά, ...
Hungarian:velősen, ...
Khmer:យ៉ាងខ្លីច្បាស់, ...
Korean:간결하게, ...
Persian:فشرده, ...
Polish:zwięźle, ...
Portuguese (BR):de maneira sucinta, ...
Romanian:succint, ...
Swedish:koncist, ...
Thai:อย่างกระชับ, ...
Turkish:özlü bir şekilde, ...
Vietnamese:ngắn gọn, ...

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