compendious Meaning, Definition & Usage
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adjective satellite briefly giving the gist of something
compact; summary; succinct.
- a short and compendious book
- a compact style is brief and pithy
- succinct comparisons
- a summary formulation of a wide-ranging subject
WordNet
Com*pen"di*ous adjective
Etymology
L.Definitions
Containing the substance oe general principles of a subject or work in a narrow compass; abridged; summarized. More compendious and exeditious 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.