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单词 pithily
释义
pithily
adverb
uk
/ˈpɪθ.əl.i/us
/ˈpɪθ.əl.i/
in acleverway that uses only a few words:
言简意赅地，简洁有力地
He could write pithily andentertainingly.他可以写得很精辟，很有娱乐性。
Hercontributionwasbriefer, but pithilyincisive.她的发言比较简短，但很精辟。
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pithy
More examples
  • She makes thepointwell and pithily.
  • Thisstoryis wellresearchedand pithily told.
  • Somefinditoddthatpoliticiansfindit hard toexpressthemselves pithily.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Not saying much
  • a few well-chosen wordsidiom
  • abruptly
  • abruptness
  • briefly
  • cat
  • concisely
  • conciseness
  • crisp
  • laconic
  • monosyllabic
  • monosyllabically
  • not say booidiom
  • pithy
  • quietly
  • quietness
  • reticence
  • reticent
  • reticently
  • succinctly
  • taciturn
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(Definition ofpithilyfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofpithily

pithily
I invite readers to respondpithilyto these remarks.
From theCambridge English Corpus
There are many stories, and the whole adventure ispithilywritten.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Or morepithily, there are those who want to eliminate the conditions which create poverty and there are those who want to eliminate the poor.
From theCambridge English Corpus
The point waspithilyand succinctly made by an author of great renown.
From the
Hansard archive
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That, in a sense ratherpithily, was the precise text of my speech.
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Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
It ispithily, if not glibly, said that one man's development opportunity is another man's chance to raise an objection.
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Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
He remarked, ratherpithily, that they have backed enough losers this year to be getting on with.
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Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
He went on to put it much morepithilyin a way which we have come to know and love in these past few months.
From the
Hansard archive
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That puts ratherpithilythe kind of problem we are up against.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
The style has been both derided as harsh, unpleasant, and thorny and praised as grave, concise, andpithilyeloquent.
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