Pithy
81compact — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. contract, covenant; subcompact, mini; makeup or vanity case. See agreement, vehicle, beauty. adj. solid, dense, concentrated; concise. See density, shortness. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. compressed,… …
82crisp — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. brittle, curly, blunt, friable; short, crunchy, crumbly; pithy, terse; cold, stiff; firm, fresh; bracing. See brittleness, newness, shortness. Ant., soggy, soft. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Fresh and …
83laconic — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. concise, pithy. See shortness, diffuseness. Ant., wordy. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. concise, brief, uncommunicative; see concise , short 2 , taciturn , terse . See Synonym Study at concise …
84sententious — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. terse, laconic, pithy, succinct, curt; didactic. See maxim, taciturnity. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Compact] Syn. concise, aphoristic, pointed; see obvious 2 . 2. [Pompous] Syn. bombastic,… …
85epigrammatic — I (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. terse, aphoristic, succinct, pointed; see concise , pithy , witty . II (Roget s Thesaurus II) adjective Precisely meaningful and tersely cogent: aphoristic, compact1, epigrammatical, marrowy, pithy. Informal: brass… …
86Meaning — (Roget s Thesaurus) >Idea to be conveyed. >Thing signified. < N PARAG:Meaning >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 meaning meaning Sgm: N 1 signification signification significance Sgm: N 1 sense sense expression Sgm: N 1 import import …
87aphorism — (n.) 1520s (especially in reference to the Aphorisms of Hippocrates ), from M.Fr. aphorisme (14c., aufforisme), from L.L. aphorismus, from Gk. aphorismos definition, pithy sentence, from aphorizein to mark off, divide, from apo from (see APO (Cf …
88sententious — sen•ten•tious [[t]sɛnˈtɛn ʃəs[/t]] adj. 1) given to or abounding in pithy aphorisms or maxims 2) given to excessive moralizing; self righteous 3) of the nature of a maxim; pithy • Etymology: 1400–50; < L sententiōsus meaningful… …
89concise — [kən sīs′] adj. [L concisus, cut off, brief, pp. of concidere, to cut off < com , intens. + caedere, to cut: see CIDE] brief and to the point; short and clear concisely adv. conciseness n. SYN. CONCISE implies the stating of much in few words …
90pithily — adverb in a pithy sententious manner she expressed herself pithily • Syn: ↑sententiously • Derived from adjective: ↑sententious (for: ↑sententiously), ↑pithy …
