Compendious

Definition of Compendious

Com`pen´di`ous
a.1.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.

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