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PITHINESS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Terseness and economy in writing and speaking achieved by expressing a great deal in just a few words
Synonyms:
conciseness; concision; pithiness; succinctness
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("pithiness" is a kind of...):
terseness (a neatly short and concise expressive style)
Derivation:
pithy (concise and full of meaning)