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Compendious Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Compendious? [adj] briefly giving the gist of something; "a short and compendious book"; "a compact style is brief and pithy"; "succinct comparisons"; "a summary formulation of a wide-ranging subject" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Compendious: compact \| concise \| succinct \| summary Related Terms \| Find terms related to Compendious: abbreviated \| abridged \| across-the-board \| all-comprehensive \| all-inclusive \| aposiopestic \| blanket \| brief \| brusque \| clipped \| close \| compact \| complete \| comprehensive \| compressed \| concise \| condensed \| contracted \| crisp \| curt \| curtal \| curtate \| cut \| decurtate \| docked \| elliptic \| encyclopedic \| epigrammatic \| global \| gnomic \| instantaneous \| laconic \| little \| low \| omnibus \| over-all \| panoramic \| pithy \| pointed \| pruned \| reserved \| sententious \| short \| short and sweet \| shortened \| Spartan \| succinct \| summary \| sweeping \| synopsized \| synoptic \| taciturn \| terse \| tight \| to the point \| total \| transient \| truncated \| universal \| whole \| without exception \| without omission See Also \| Compendious In Webster's Dictionary \Compen"dious\, a. [L. compendiosus.] Containing the substance or general principles of a subject or work in a narrow compass; abridged; summarized. More compendious and expeditious ways. --Woodward. Three things be required in the oration of a man having authority -- that it be compendious, sententious, and delectable. --Sir T. Elyot. Syn: Short; summary; abridged; condensed; comprehensive; succinct; brief; concise.

Compendious Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Compendious?

[adj] briefly giving the gist of something; "a short and compendious book"; "a compact style is brief and pithy"; "succinct comparisons"; "a summary formulation of a wide-ranging subject"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Compendious: compact | concise | succinct | summary

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Compendious In Webster's Dictionary

\Com*pen"di*ous\, a. [L. compendiosus.]
Containing the substance or general principles of a subject
or work in a narrow compass; abridged; summarized.

      More compendious and expeditious ways.   --Woodward.

      Three things be required in the oration of a man having
      authority -- that it be compendious, sententious, and
      delectable.                              --Sir T.
                                               Elyot.

Syn: Short; summary; abridged; condensed; comprehensive;
     succinct; brief; concise.

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