Compendious

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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.

Adj.

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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" Synonyms: succinct, summary, compact

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