Antonyms for compendious

Grammar : Adj

Spell : kuhm-pen-dee-uhs

Phonetic Transcription : kəmˈpɛn di əs

Definition of compendious

Origin : "concise," late 14c., from Old French compendieux, from Latin compendiosus "advantageous, abridged, brief," from compendium (see compendium).

adj abridged

Example sentences :

Let us diligently follow that, and be compendious with the remainder.
Extract from : « History of Friedrich II. of Prussia, Vol. XX. (of XXI.) » by Thomas Carlyle

How does its beautiful simplicity also, and compendious brevity, give it rank before the laborious subtleties of Bellarmine!
Extract from : « A Practical View of the Prevailing Religious System of Professed Christians, in the Middle and Higher Classes in this Country, Contrasted with Real Christianity. » by William Wilberforce

Leibnitz gave a compendious statement of his system in his Monadology .
Extract from : « The Wonders of Life » by Ernst Haeckel

A native restaurant in its simplest and most compendious shape.
Extract from : « Java, Facts and Fancies » by Augusta de Wit

It will be sufficient to cite one notorious and compendious example.
Extract from : « What was the Gunpowder Plot? » by John Gerard

The ministry have realized the compendious ideas of Caligula.
Extract from : « Junius Unmasked » by Joel Moody

Some 400 pages from and to him in the most compendious edition.
Extract from : « A Letter Book » by George Saintsbury

It is the Cuban idea of a compendious and economic arrangement.
Extract from : « A Trip to Cuba » by Julia Ward Howe

(1900-04), furnishes a compendious directory and discussion.
Extract from : « Tragedy » by Ashley H. Thorndike

To be brief and compendious on this book, it appears to be a heart unveiled.
Extract from : « The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 5, No. 28, February, 1860 » by Various

Synonyms for compendious

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