Definition of Compendious

something that has been explained in a concise or brief way

Examples of Compendious in a sentence

The small book included a short and compendious overview of the history of Feudal Japan.  🔊

Cliff notes give concise and compendious summarizes of commonly read books.  🔊

Reading the compendious version of the novel, the reader couldn’t help but feel that something was missing from this concise version.  🔊

The compendious collage showed a brief history of the couple’s relationship in picture form.  🔊

Learning little from the witness’s compendious summary of the event, the detective decided he needed a more detailed description of what happened.  🔊

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