English-Thai Dictionary

compendious

ADJ สั้น และ ชัดเจน  concise inclusive san-lae-chad-jen

 

compendiously

ADV อย่างย่อๆ  อย่าง สรุป  concisely inclusively yang-yor-yor

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

COMPENDIOUS

a. 1. Short; summary; abridged; comprehensive; containing the substance or general principles of a subject or work in a narrow compas; as a compendious system of chimistry; a compendious grammar.
2. Short; direct; near; not circuitous; as a compendious way to acquire science.

 

COMPENDIOUSLY

adv. In a short or brief; in epitome. The substance of christian belief is compendiously expressed in a few articles.

 

COMPENDIOUSNESS

n.Shortness; brevity; comprehension in a narrow compass.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

COMPENDIOUS

Com *pen "di *ous, a. Etym: [L. compendiosus.]

 

Defn: Containing the substance oe general principles of a subject or work in a narrow compass; abridged; summarized. More compendious and exeditious ways. Woodward. Three things be required in the oration of a man having authority --that it be compendious, sententious, and delectable. Sir T. Elyot.

 

Syn. -- Short; summary; abridged; condensed; comprehensive; succinct; brief; concise.

 

COMPENDIOUSLY

COMPENDIOUSLY Com *pen "di *ous *ly, dv.

 

Defn: In a compendious manner. Compendiously exressed by the word chaos. Bentley.

 

COMPENDIOUSNESS

COMPENDIOUSNESS Com *pen "di *ous *ness, n.

 

Defn: The state or quality of being compendious.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

compendious

com pen di ous |kəmˈpendēəs kəmˈpɛndiəs | ▶adjective formal containing or presenting the essential facts of something in a comprehensive but concise way: a compendious study. DERIVATIVES com pen di ous ly adverb, com pen di ous ness noun ORIGIN late Middle English: from Old French compendieux, from Latin compendiosus ‘advantageous, brief, ’ from compendium ‘profit, saving, abbreviation. ’

 

Oxford Dictionary

compendious

com |pen ¦di |ous |kəmˈpɛndɪəs | ▶adjective formal containing or presenting the essential facts of something in a comprehensive but concise way: a compendious study. DERIVATIVES compendiously adverb, compendiousness noun ORIGIN late Middle English: from Old French compendieux, from Latin compendiosus ‘advantageous, brief ’, from compendium ‘profit, saving, abbreviation ’.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

compendious

compendious adjective formal a compendious essay on Italian music: succinct, pithy, short and to the point, concise, compact, condensed, compressed, abridged, summarized, synoptic, capsule; informal snappy. ANTONYMS expanded.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

compendious

compendious adjective a compendious essay on Italian music: succinct, pithy, short and to the point, short and sweet, potted, thumbnail, brief, crisp, compact, concise, condensed, shortened, contracted, compressed, abridged, abbreviated, summarized, summary, abstracted; in a nutshell, in a few well-chosen words; informal snappy; rare lapidary, epigrammatic, synoptic, aphoristic, gnomic. ANTONYMS rambling; expanded.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

compendious

com pen di ous /kəmpéndiəs /形容詞 ｟かたく ｠簡潔な, 簡にして要を得た .～ly 副詞 ～ness 名詞