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compendious

WordNet
  1. (adj) compendious
    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's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
  1. Compendious
    Containing the substance or general principles of a subject or work in a narrow compass; abridged; summarized. "More compendious and expeditious ways.", "Three things be required in the oration of a man having authority -- that it be compendious , sententious, and delectable."
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  1. compendious
    Containing the substance or general principles of a subject in a narrow compass; short; abridged; concise: as, a compendious system of chemistry; a compendious grammar.
  2. compendious
    Narrow; limited.
  3. compendious
    Short; direct; not circuitous.
  4. compendious
    Synonyms Succinct, Summary, etc. See concise.
Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary
  1. (adj) Compendious
    short: concise: comprehensive
Etymology

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary L. compendiosus,

Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary L. compendium, what is weighed together, or saved (opp. to dispendium)—com, together, pendĕre, to weigh.

Usage in the news

Regulatory and compendial basis for revised or alternative procedures. americanlaboratory.com

Innovations in Gravimetric Preparation of Analytical Solutions: Regulatory and Compendial Perspectives. americanlaboratory.com

Many compendial water systems, particularly purified water systems, have distribution systems with a biofilm. pharmpro.com

Usage in scientific papers

Medline is a widely used and compendious database for covering biomedical research.
Phase transitions on heterogeneous random graphs: some case studies

Usage in literature

You've heard how short, concise, and compendious he is in his answers. "Gargantua and Pantagruel, Complete." by Francois Rabelais

He bitterly and compendiously cursed the weather. "The Path of the King" by John Buchan

Again, I propose, when I speak of literature, to mean literature, and not a compendious term for anything that is not science. "Cambridge Essays on Education" by Various

It is possessed by the twice-born both in detailed and compendious forms. "The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 1"

A Compendious History of English Literature and of the English Language, from the Norman Conquest. "The Atlantic Monthly, Vol. 13, No. 76, February, 1864" by Various

He proceeded to explain, compendiously, his doings of the past week, to which the girl listened politely. "The Half-Hearted" by John Buchan

There was never so compendious a piece of absolute universal tyranny. "Andrew Marvell" by Augustine Birrell

F. THOMAN 4/- Compendious Calculator. "French Polishing and Enamelling" by Richard Bitmead

In reply he wrote a compendious treatise on the Maid. "The Life of Joan of Arc, Vol. 1 and 2 (of 2)" by Anatole France

To be brief and compendious on this book, it appears to be a heart unveiled. "The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 5, No. 28, February, 1860" by Various

Usage in poetry
And now where'er He strays
Among the Galilean mountains,
Or more unwelcome ways,
He's followed by two faithful fountains,
Two walking baths, two weeping motions,
Portable and compendious oceans.
"Saint Mar Magdelene; or, The Weeper" by Richard Crashaw Author object (553)