compendious — Dizionario inglese

Aggettivo

1. containing a subset of words, succinctly described; abridged and summarized

   Esempi

   Altri esempi (1)

   AN HISTORICAL GEOGRAPHY OF THE RAILWAYS OF THE BRITISH ISLES. By Ernest F. Carter. Cassell. 63s. This compendious work, which, with its index, runs to 637 pages, aims to list chronologically the developments of the British railway system.

2. briefly describing a body of knowledge

Aggettivo

1. briefly giving the gist of something

   Sinonimi

   compactsuccinctsummary

   Esempi

   a short and compendious book

   a compact style is brief and pithy

   Altri esempi (2)

   succinct comparisons

   a summary formulation of a wide-ranging subject