pithiness

Example Sentences

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Whereas Strange’s glibness with patients and his peers made him unlikable almost to ridiculousness in the first Doctor Strange, here it plays much more like pithiness Cumberbatch is occasionally able to accent with charm.

From The Verge • May 3, 2022

The second places all the pithiness and irony in the index entries themselves.

From Slate • Feb. 21, 2022

The replies to that tweet are Twitter at its finest pithiness.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 13, 2021

"Justice Ginsburg, with her characteristic pithiness, used this to describe how a nominee should comport herself at a hearing: 'no hints, no previews, no forecasts,'" Barrett said during the hearing.

From Fox News • Oct. 14, 2020

As any Swanburne girl could tell you, a knack for pithiness is well worth acquiring.

From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood