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Definition of Compactest
1. compact [adj] - See also: compact
Lexicographical Neighbors of Compactest
Literary usage of Compactest
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Life on the Mississippi by Mark Twain (2000)
"As I have remarked, the pilots' association was now the compactest monopoly in
the world, perhaps, and seemed simply indestructible. ..."
2. Roughing it by Mark Twain (1913)
"We claimed two hundred feet each—six hundred feet in all—the smallest and compactest
organization in the district, and the easiest to manage. ..."
3. George Eliot's Works by George Eliot (1895)
"... not to speak of the Columbarium or ancient Roman burying-place, which has been
disinterred in the grounds. The compactest of all burying-places ..."
4. The Writings of Mark Twain [pseud.] by Mark Twain, Charles Dudley Warner (1903)
"It was curious and noteworthy in this, that it was perhaps the compactest, the
completest, and the strongest commercial organization ever formed among men. ..."
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