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Webster 1913 Edition
Compendious
Com-pen′di-ous
,Adj.
[L.
compendiosus
.] Containing the substance or general principles of a subject or work in a narrow compass; abridged; summarized.
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compendious
and expeditious ways. Woodward.
Syn. – Short; summary; abridged; condensed; comprehensive; succinct; brief; concise.
Webster 1828 Edition
Compendious
COMPENDIOUS
, a.1.
Short; summary; abridged; comprehensive; containing the substance or general principles of a subject or work in a narrow compas; as a compendious system of chimistry; a compendious grammar.2.
Short; direct; near; not circuitous; as a compendious way to acquire science.