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pithily

/pˈɪθili/ adv

In a pithy manner, concisely and to the point.

Word Origin Pithily comes from pithy, which is from pith — the spongy core of a plant stem, the essential part. So a pithy statement is one that gets right to the core, no fluff. The word pith itself is from Old English piþa, and pithily means doing it in that core, concise way.

adv In a pithy manner, concisely and to the point.

The critic pithily summarized the film as 'visually stunning but emotionally shallow'.

(副词) 精炼地；简洁地

评论家精辟地将这部电影总结为'视觉惊艳但情感浅薄'。

(adverbio) lacónicamente; con agudeza; en pocas palabras; sucintamente [De manera concisa y al grano.]

El crítico resumió la película de manera concisa como "visualmente impresionante pero emocionalmente superficial".

(adverbe) lapidairement; de manière lapidaire [De façon concise et mordante; en peu de mots mais avec force et à propos.]

Le critique résuma pithily le film en ces termes : « visuellement superbe mais émotionnellement creux ».

(Adverb) prägnant; treffend; pointiert [Auf eine treffende und prägnante Art und Weise, die das Wesentliche mit wenigen Worten erfasst.]

Der Kritiker fasste den Film **pithily** zusammen: ‚Optisch beeindruckend, aber emotional flach.‘

(副詞) 簡潔で要点を突くように

批評家は映画を「映像は素晴らしいが感情が浅い」と端的に要約した。

(advérbio) sucintamente; concisamente; lapidarmente; de forma incisiva [De maneira sucinta, conciso e direto.]

O crítico resumiu o filme de forma sucinta como 'visualmente deslumbrante, mas emocionalmente superficial'.

Synonyms: concisely succinctly tersely pointedly briefly shortly Antonyms: verbosely lengthily wordily diffusely
Word parts: pith + i + ly

Related words

pith pithy

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