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Meanings of compendious in English

Briefly giving the gist of something.

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        1
        You've heard how short, concise, and compendious he is in his answers.
        Gargantua and Pantagruel, Illustrated, Book 5
        2
        Survey of London, by John Stow A compendious street-by-street trawl through Elizabethan London.
        The Guardian
        3
        Hence the ambitious, compendious and uneven Offside, which is currently installed.
        The Irish Times
        4
        Pethel took it in the most compendious form, and crumpled it into his pocket.
        James Pethel
        5
        Its compendious approach and lovingly recreated cute versions of characters add appeal for superfans.
        The Guardian
        6
        A series of exquisitely accurate and compendious collages unfolds, beginning with a double dawn.
        The Guardian
        7
        Our compendious wardrobes were snugly packed into bundles and laid aside for the present.
        Mardi: and A Voyage Thither, Vol. I
        8
        Number Seven's compendious and comprehensive symbolism proved suggestive, as his whimsical notions often do.
        Over the Teacups
        9
        This compendious scheme struck the imagination, but did not satisfy the judgment of the assembly.
        A Woman-Hater
        10
        For purposes of general convenience they admit of a much more compendious mode of expression.
        Deductive Logic
        11
        Please therefore, if you talk with me, to adopt the latter or more compendious method.
        Protagoras
        12
        The most compendious reply is the magnetism of the love of God as revealed in Christ.
        Understanding the Scriptures
        13
        He had only two days to acquire this accomplishment in: so he took a compendious method.
        Put Yourself in His Place
        14
        The single verse I quote is compendious enough and descriptive enough for an Elizabethan monumental inscription.
        Complete Project Gutenberg Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. Works
        15
        There never was at any time written a more excellent, complete, nor compendious book of virtues.
        Selections from the Table Talk of Martin Luther
        16
        I'll get a crucible, and into it, and dissolve myself down to one small, compendious vertebra.
        Moby-Dick; or, The Whale
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        Compendious through the time