compendiously

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English

Etymology

From compendious +‎ -ly.

Adverb

compendiously (comparative more compendiously, superlative most compendiously)

  1. In a compendious manner.
    • c. 1503–1512, John Skelton, Ware the Hauke; republished in John Scattergood, editor, John Skelton: The Complete English Poems, 1983, →OCLC, page 62, lines 23–24:
      Thys boke we have devysed,
      Compendyously comprysed, []