compendiouslyadv.
/kəmˈpɛndɪəsli/, U.S. /kəmˈpɛndiəsli/ In a compendious manner; briefly, concisely, comprehensively, summarily.
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the mind > language > speech > narration > [adverb] > by way of summary or in short
in conclusionc1386
compendiously1398
brieflya1475
summarily1529
summarly1543
abridgedly1704
resumptively1716
society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > conciseness > [adverb]
shortlyc893
brieflya1300
shortc1374
in sumc1384
compendiously1398
in brief1423
roundlya1516
succinctly?1537
brief1557
succinct1593
abbreviately1599
compactly1603
laconically1631
presslya1637
compactedly1649
curtly1654
concisely1686
laconicly1709
straightforwardly1874
scantly1885
1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville De Proprietatibus Rerum (1495) ix. i. 344 Now we wol speke shortly and compendyously of theffect.
c1400 Rom. Rose 2346 Now wole I shortly heere reherce..Al the sentence by and by, In wordis fewe compendiously.
1509 Paternoster (W. de W.) A ij A ryght profytable treatyse compendiously drawen out of many & dyuers wrytynges of holy men.
1610 Bp. J. Hall Common Apol. against Brownists §33 The Articles of Religion..as they are compendiouslie set downe in the Crede.
1857 W. Whewell Hist. Inductive Sci. (ed. 3) I. 15 No other way of compendiously describing my subject.
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