Hypertext Webster Gateway: "compendious"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
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" [syn: {compact}, {succinct},
{summary}]
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