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COMPENDIOUS

Dictionary entry overview: What does compendious mean?

• COMPENDIOUS (adjective)
The adjective COMPENDIOUS has 1 sense:

1. briefly giving the gist of something

Familiarity information: COMPENDIOUS used as an adjective is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• COMPENDIOUS (adjective)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Briefly giving the gist of something

Synonyms:

compendious; succinct; summary; compact

Context examples:

a short and compendious book / a compact style is brief and pithy / succinct comparisons / a summary formulation of a wide-ranging subject

Similar:

concise (expressing much in few words)

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