compactly — Englisches Wörterbuch

Adverb

1. In a compact manner

   Beispiele

   Weitere Beispiele (2)

   she is of middle size, stiffly made, body long, legs short, bust much developed but not compactly moulded, waist disproportionately compressed by an inhumanly braced corset, dress carefully arranged, large feet tortured into small bottines, head small, hair smoothed, braided, oiled, and gummed to perfection

   Old Kipps glanced at her over his spectacles. "You ain't comfortable, my gal, in this world, not if you don't live up to your position," so putting compactly into contemporary English that fine old phrase, noblesse oblige.

Adverb

1. in a compact manner or state

   Beispiele

   The children were packed compactly into the car

2. with concise and precise brevity; to the point

   Synonyme

   succinctly

   Beispiele

   Please state your case as succinctly as possible

   he wrote compactly but clearly

3. taking up no more space than necessary

   Beispiele

   liquid food compactly stored in a pressurized tank