compendious
Example Sentences
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Joyce was well aware of his compendious cast of mind and proud to find it manifest among his children.
From New York Times • Jun. 12, 2018
Nonetheless, astronomers and astrophysicists came together to write a single compendious paper about the event.
From Science Magazine • Oct. 16, 2017
It may be odd not to find it in this compendious store of resonances .
From The New Yorker • Oct. 11, 2015
What’s so amazing about the book is its compendious nature.
From Salon • Jan. 2, 2013
This summing up is not a generalization or compendious statement of the commands of God; it signifies their reduction to a fundamental principle.
From The Expositor's Bible: Ephesians by Findlay, G. G.