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compendious

adjective

briefly giving the gist of something

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Word length
11
Starts with
C
Ends with
S
Contains
OM
Scrabble score
18

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adjective

  1. briefly giving the gist of something

    “a short and compendious book”

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a short and compendious book
a compact style is brief and pithy
succinct comparisons
a summary formulation of a wide-ranging subject

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