Compactly

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Compactly \Com*pact"ly\, adv.
     In a compact manner; with close union of parts; densely;
     tersely.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  compactly
       adv 1: in a compact manner or state; "The children were packed
              compactly into the car"
       2: with concise and precise brevity; to the point; "Please
          state your case as succinctly as possible"; "he wrote
          compactly but clearly" [syn: {succinctly}]
       3: taking up no more space than necessary; "liquid food
          compactly stored in a pressurized tank"