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marrowy
[mar-oh] 
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marrowy
[mar-oh]
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| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | pithy |
| Synonyms: | aphoristic, cogent, compact, concise, crisp, curt, down to brass tacks, effective, epigrammatic, epigrammatical, expressive, honed, laconic, meaningful, meaty, pointed, short, short-and-sweet, significant, succinct, terse, to the point, trenchant |
| Main Entry: | concise |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | short, to the point |
| Synonyms: | abridged, boiled down, breviloquent, brief, compact, compendiary, compendious, compressed, condensed, curt, epigrammatic, in a nutshell, laconic, lean, marrowy, meaty, pithy, short and sweet, succinct, summary, synoptic, terse |
| Antonyms: | expansive, lengthy, long, long-winded, redundant, repetitive, wordy |
| Main Entry: | brass-tacks |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | pithy |
| Synonyms: | basic, compact, marrowy, practical, to the point, useful |
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