compendious
adjective
[ kəmˈpɛndɪəs ]
• containing or presenting the essential facts of something in a comprehensive but concise way.
• "a compendious study"
Similar:
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,
snappy,
lapidary,
epigrammatic,
synoptic,
aphoristic,
gnomic,
Origin:
late Middle English: from Old French compendieux, from Latin compendiosus ‘advantageous, brief’, from compendium ‘profit, saving, abbreviation’.
