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pithily

pithily adverb: in a pithy manner, concisely and to the point.

Adverb

pithily (comparative more pithily, superlative most pithily)

  1. In a pithy manner, concisely and to the point.
    • Essays are written on causes—they might be more pithily turned on consequences.1831, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XIV, in Romance and Reality. […], volume III, London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, […], →OCLC, page 263

Forms of pithily

comparativemore pithily
superlativemost pithily

Origin of pithily

From pithy + -ly.

Questions about pithily

What does pithily mean?
Pithily means in a pithy manner, concisely and to the point.
What part of speech is pithily?
Pithily is an adverb.

Words near pithily in the dictionary

  1. pithiatism
  2. pithiatisms
  3. Pithie
  4. pithier
  5. pithiest
  6. pithily
  7. pithiness
  8. pithinesses
  9. pithing
  10. Pithion
  11. pithivier

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