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 Meanings and Examples of COMPENDIOUS
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compendious
 a.  briefly giving the gist of something
Classic Sentence:
1  You would send them to Africa, out of your sight and smell, and then send a missionary or two to do up all the self-denial of elevating them compendiously.
Uncle Tom's Cabin By Harriet Beecher Stowe
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XVI
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