Com‐pen″di‐ous (?), a. [L. compendiosus.] Containing the substance or general principles of a subject or work in a narrow compass; abridged; summarized.
More compendious and expeditious ways.
Woodward.
Three things be required in the oration of a man having authority — that it be compendious, sententious, and delectable.
Sir T. Elyot.
Syn. — Short; summary; abridged; condensed; comprehensive; succinct; brief; concise.