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Meanings of pithiness in English
Catalan
concisió Terseness and economy in writing and speaking achieved by expressing a great deal in just a few words.
Synonyms
Examples for "conciseness"
Examples for "conciseness"
1
But conciseness is not the quality I most often detect in reviewing.
2
The tale is told, in general, with complete simplicity, sobriety, and conciseness.
3
The trade-off between time and conciseness brings both rewards and penalties.
4
The conciseness of that statement belies the enormity of the task.
5
The verdict is none the less just because of its conciseness.
1
At least two new sequences are launched with admirable concision and efficiency.
2
Set against Trump's word salads, she sounded like a model of concision.
3
Beware of dogs: beware of evil workers: beware of the concision.
4
His propensity to concision or condensation was a peculiar trait in his mind.
5
For concision, picturesqueness and concreteness, this narrative is not excelled in all literature.
1
He answers the questions posed by the Bald Beater's attorney with crisp succinctness.
2
I admire your succinctness, Master Skimmer, and confess you for the pink of etiquette.
3
Then Dora replied with a succinctness acquired from her father:
4
It was like a bomb, and a bomb is the very last thing in succinctness.
5
I know this is a lengthy note (succinctness has never been my strong suit).
Usage of pithiness in English
1
Guibert's penchant for alliteration, rhyming clausulae, and pithiness must usually be sacrificed.
2
It encourages pithiness, using a violinist to start wailing if storytellers overstay their welcome.
3
Their version of the 15th psalm is more to be esteemed for its pithiness than its poetry.
4
It is a startlingly unusual background for a fashion-week darling and one which Gvasalia relates with matter-of-fact pithiness.
5
Not so: its very audacity and pithiness are intended to make us look close at the phrase and remember it.
6
The very pithiness of it, so characteristic of the excellent but bigoted Omar, is enough to cast suspicion upon it.
7
They are characterized also by precision and pithiness of statement, and are probably as trust-worthy as official records ever are.
8
At the Supreme Court on Tuesday, he matched rhetoric to action with a pithiness that underscores his opposition to racial preferences.
9
The pithiness of your manner does not afford me much encouragement yet I will not be diverted from my purpose, even by that.
10
But do you know what really marks them out as a side perfectly equipped for this era of short attention spans and 140-character pithiness?
11
Guibert's penchant for alliteration, rhyming clausulae, and pithiness must usually be sacrificed.
12
It encourages pithiness, using a violinist to start wailing if storytellers overstay their welcome.
13
Their version of the 15th psalm is more to be esteemed for its pithiness than its poetry.
14
It is a startlingly unusual background for a fashion-week darling and one which Gvasalia relates with matter-of-fact pithiness.
15
Not so: its very audacity and pithiness are intended to make us look close at the phrase and remember it.
16
The very pithiness of it, so characteristic of the excellent but bigoted Omar, is enough to cast suspicion upon it.
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