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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