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Meanings of pithiness in inglés

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Terseness and economy in writing and speaking achieved by expressing a great deal in just a few words.

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Usage of pithiness in inglés
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Guibert's penchant for alliteration, rhyming clausulae, and pithiness must usually be sacrificed.
The Deeds of God Through the Franks
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It encourages pithiness, using a violinist to start wailing if storytellers overstay their welcome.
The Irish Times
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Their version of the 15th psalm is more to be esteemed for its pithiness than its poetry.
Memoir, Correspondence, and Miscellanies, From the Papers of Tho...
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It is a startlingly unusual background for a fashion-week darling and one which Gvasalia relates with matter-of-fact pithiness.
The Guardian
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Not so: its very audacity and pithiness are intended to make us look close at the phrase and remember it.
Sesame and Lilies
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The very pithiness of it, so characteristic of the excellent but bigoted Omar, is enough to cast suspicion upon it.
The Unseen World, and Other Essays
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They are characterized also by precision and pithiness of statement, and are probably as trust-worthy as official records ever are.
Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Vol...
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At the Supreme Court on Tuesday, he matched rhetoric to action with a pithiness that underscores his opposition to racial preferences.
Reuters
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The pithiness of your manner does not afford me much encouragement yet I will not be diverted from my purpose, even by that.
Hardscrabble; or, the fall of Chicago: a tale of Indian warfare
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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?
The Guardian
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Guibert's penchant for alliteration, rhyming clausulae, and pithiness must usually be sacrificed.
The Deeds of God Through the Franks
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It encourages pithiness, using a violinist to start wailing if storytellers overstay their welcome.
The Irish Times
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Their version of the 15th psalm is more to be esteemed for its pithiness than its poetry.
Memoir, Correspondence, and Miscellanies, From the Papers of Tho...
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It is a startlingly unusual background for a fashion-week darling and one which Gvasalia relates with matter-of-fact pithiness.
The Guardian
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Not so: its very audacity and pithiness are intended to make us look close at the phrase and remember it.
Sesame and Lilies
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The very pithiness of it, so characteristic of the excellent but bigoted Omar, is enough to cast suspicion upon it.
The Unseen World, and Other Essays
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Translations for pithiness
Pithiness through the time