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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The character of being pithy; strength; concentrated force: as, the pithiness of a reply.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun The quality or state of being pithy.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun The condition of being pithy

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun terseness and economy in writing and speaking achieved by expressing a great deal in just a few words

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