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词汇 pithily
释义 pithily
adverb
uk /ˈpɪθ.əl.i/ us /ˈpɪθ.əl.i/
in a clever way that uses only a few words: 言简意赅地,简洁有力地
He could write pithily and entertainingly.他可以写得很精辟,很有娱乐性。
Her contribution was briefer, but pithily incisive.她的发言比较简短,但很精辟。
See
pithy
She makes the point well and pithily.
This story is well researched and pithily told.
Some find it odd that politicians find it hard to express themselves pithily.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Not saying much
a few well-chosen wordsidiom
abruptly
abruptness
boo
briefly
cat
concisely
conciseness
crisp
gnomic
incommunicative
laconic
laconically
monosyllabic
monosyllabically
not say booidiom
quietness
reticence
reticent
taciturn

Examples of pithily


pithily
I invite readers to respond pithily to these remarks.
There are many stories, and the whole adventure is pithily written.
Or more pithily, there are those who want to eliminate the conditions which create poverty and there are those who want to eliminate the poor.
The point was pithily and succinctly made by an author of great renown.
From the
Hansard archive

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That, in a sense rather pithily, was the precise text of my speech.
From the
Hansard archive

Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0
It is pithily, if not glibly, said that one man's development opportunity is another man's chance to raise an objection.
From the
Hansard archive

Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0
He remarked, rather pithily, that they have backed enough losers this year to be getting on with.
From the
Hansard archive

Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0
He went on to put it much more pithily in a way which we have come to know and love in these past few months.
From the
Hansard archive

Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0
That puts rather pithily the kind of problem we are up against.
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Hansard archive

Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0
The style has been both derided as harsh, unpleasant, and thorny and praised as grave, concise, and pithily eloquent.
From
Wikipedia

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