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compendious

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com·pen·di·ous  (km-pnd-s)
adj.
Containing or stating briefly and concisely all the essentials; succinct.
[Middle English, from Late Latin compendisus, from Latin compendium, a shortening; see compendium.]
com·pendi·ous·ly adv.
compendious
Adjective
brief but comprehensive
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Adj.1.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"
succinct, summary, compact
concise - expressing much in few words; "a concise explanation"


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