Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for COM-PEND'I-OUS
COM-PEND'I-ATECOM-PEND'I-OUS-LY
COM-PEND'I-OUS, a.
- Short; summary; abridged; comprehensive; containing the substance or general principles of a subject or work in a narrow compass; as, a compendious system of chimistry; a compendious grammar.
- Short; direct; near; not circuitous; a compendious way to acquire science.
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