compendious

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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

Suketu Mehta's compendious narrative of Bombay low-life, Maximum City, had been a critical and commercial success.

From The Guardian • Feb. 2, 2013

A compendious French and English and English and French Dictionary, for the use of Students and Travellers.

From The Thousand and One Days A Companion to the 'Arabian Nights' by Pardoe, Julia