Definitions for: 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"

Webster (1913) Definition: 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.

Synonyms: compact, concise, succinct, summary

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