Translation for '
pithy' from English to Spanish
| ADJ | pithy | more pithy / pithier | most pithy / pithiest | |
| SYNO | pithy | sententious |
ADJ positive | comparative | superlative
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Usage Examples English
- "Lepidosperma longitudinale" is commonly known as the pithy sword-sedge or pith saw-sedge.
- It sends out fibrous, pithy stems with long leaves and bears purple-spotted yellow flowers.
- Critics argue taglines are a self-gratifying, unnecessary form of corporate branding that is neither memorable nor pithy.
- The contents of his works must be judged apart from their unpleasing form, being remarkable for pithy sense and elegant definition.
- Ellis' writing is of the Stanley Weyman school. His romances were pithy and understated, artfully avoiding the affectations and pretensions of many of his contemporaries.
- One reviewer offered this comment in 2016 on the Jordan version: "Jordan’s pithy, witty vocal style, bumping jump-blues rhythms, and taste for lyrics that both wag their tongue and bite are as plainly irresistible as pop music gets".
- All of the species have soft, pithy wood. "Scalesia" species have been called "the Darwin's finches of the plant world" because they show a similarly dramatic pattern of adaptive radiation.
- Shepherd's pithy, incisive, and (in later years) very often negative reviews have sparked strong reactions from readers.
- Oliver Herford (2 December 1860 – 5 July 1935) was an Anglo-American writer, artist, and illustrator known for his pithy "bon mots" and skewed sense of humor.
- In Early Modern English, quotation marks were used to denote pithy comments.
- He always concluded by saying, "but I, Max, say wrong, wrong, wrong" and would add a pithy comment afterward.
- Cools was noted for his pithy pronouncements. For example, when in 1984 he commented on who he thought the four greatest United States presidents had been, he said: 'Roosevelt, Roosevelt, Roosevelt and Roosevelt'.
- Strips usually feature a short, pithy and sometimes surreal exchange between the title characters.
- His well-known brief, pithy rhymes and life aphorisms have been called "Drinkisms".
- Many fictional characters are also known to deliver one-liners, including James Bond, who usually includes pithy and laconic quips after disposing of a villain.
- Her pithy prose and poignant examples make for entertaining and instructive reading".
- Vigel's reminiscences are engaging, pithy and readily quotable.
- Later, on her radio show "Talk of the Town" people discussed their love lives on air, on which she gave typically pithy but practical advice.
- It contains pithy and memorable Christian advice and a witty yet sobering "Sermon on Malt" delivered to some Cambridge students who had waylaid him.
- A story is told of how Lord Cassillis commented in public on Lord Glencairn's wife being the daughter of a fiddler and the pithy response insinuating that Lord Cassillis was descended from a gypsy; as indeed is the Ayrshire legend.
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