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ADJECTIVE (1)

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



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Compendious \Com*pen"di*ous\, a. [L. compendiosus.]
   Containing the substance or general principles of a subject
   or work in a narrow compass; abridged; summarized.
   [1913 Webster]

         More compendious and expeditious ways.   --Woodward.
   [1913 Webster]

         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.
        [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

compendious
    adj 1: 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" [syn: compendious, compact,
           succinct, summary]