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  • 41Strength — (Roget s Thesaurus) >Degree of power. < N PARAG:Strength >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 strength strength Sgm: N 1 power power &c. 157 Sgm: N 1 energy energy &c. 171 Sgm: N 1 vigor vigor force Sgm: N …

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  • 42pithy — adjective (pithier, pithiest) 1》 (of a fruit or plant) containing much pith. 2》 (of language or style) terse and vigorously expressive. Derivatives pithily adverb pithiness noun …

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  • 43brevity — n. 1. Briefness, shortness. 2. Conciseness, terseness, compression, succinctness, pithiness …

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  • 44compression — n. 1. Condensation, pressing together, squeezing, pinching, confining. 2. Tight closure, close shutting, firm closing. 3. Brevity, terseness, succinctness, pithiness, condensation, conciseness …

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  • 45sententiousness — n. Pithiness, terseness, point, vigor, compactness …

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  • 46pithy — adjective pithy comments/saying/advice etc strongly and cleverly stated, without wasting any words pithily adverb pithiness noun (U) …

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  • 47brevity — noun 1) the report is notable for its brevity Syn: conciseness, concision, succinctness, economy of language, pithiness, incisiveness, shortness, compactness Ant: verbosity 2) the brevity of human life Syn …

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  • 48pith — noun 1) the pith of the argument Syn: essence, main point, fundamentals, heart, substance, nub, core, quintessence, crux, gist, meat, kernel, marrow, burden; informal nitty gritty 2) he writes with pith and exactitude …

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  • 49circumlocution — periphrasis, pleonasm, *verbiage, redundancy, tautology Analogous words: prolixity, diffuseness, wordiness, verbosity (see corresponding adjectives at WORDY) Contrasted words: compactness (see corresponding adjectives at CLOSE): conciseness or… …

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  • 50expressive — expressive, eloquent, significant, meaningful, pregnant, sententious mean clearly conveying or manifesting a thought, idea, or feeling or a combination of these. Something is expressive which vividly or strikingly represents the thoughts,… …

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