Pĭth'y, a.

a. [compar. PITHIER; superl. PITHIEST.] 1. Consisting of pith; containing pith; abounding with pith: as, a pithy substance; a pithy stem. 2. Embodying or expressing compressed force; forcible; energetic; as, a pithy word or expression. This pithy speech prevailed, and all agreed. Dryden. 3. Condensed, forcible, and appropriate in expressing. In all these Goodman Fact was very short, but pithy. Addison.