compactlyadv.
/kəmˈpaktli/, U.S. /kəmˈpæk(t)li/, /ˈkɑmˌpæk(t)li/ In a compact manner; closely, densely; concisely, tersely.
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the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > smallness > [adverb] > in a compact manner
compactly1603
compactedly1725
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
the world > matter > constitution of matter > density or solidity > [adverb]
grossly1561
spissly1611
thicka1711
compactly1818
densely1832
1603 P. Holland tr. Plutarch Morals 203 They know how and when to speake..soundly, pithily and compactly.
1696 London Gaz. No. 3196/4 Several Closes of Meadow..lying compactly together.
1818 Ld. Byron Beppo xix. 10 A Gondola..built lightly, but compactly.
1841 T. R. Jones Gen. Outl. Animal Kingdom xvii. 322 The annuli, or rings..may be detected even in the most compactly formed Crustacea.
1864 Earl of Derby tr. Homer Iliad iv. 349 A cloud of infantry, Compactly mass'd.
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