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Definition of Compactly
1. Adverb. In a compact manner or state. "The children were packed compactly into the car"
2. Adverb. With concise and precise brevity; to the point. "He wrote compactly but clearly"
3. Adverb. Taking up no more space than necessary. "Liquid food compactly stored in a pressurized tank"
Definition of Compactly
1. adv. In a compact manner; with close union of parts; densely; tersely.
Definition of Compactly
1. Adverb. In a compact manner ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Compactly
1. [adv]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Compactly
Literary usage of Compactly
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. John L. Stoddard's Lectures by John Lawson Stoddard (1897)
"Sometimes these line, for a considerable distance, the avenues of approach to
tombs and temples, and are compactly ranged in serried ranks, like soldiers at ..."
2. John L. Stoddard's Lectures: Illustrated and Embellished with Views of the by John Lawson Stoddard (1903)
"Sometimes these line, for a considerable distance, the avenues of approach to
tombs and temples, and are compactly ranged in serried ranks, like soldiers at ..."
3. A Critical and Exegetical Commentary on the Epistle of St. James by James Hardy Ropes (1916)
"A comparison of the elaboration in Mand. viii of what is compactly expressed in
Jas. i" is also instructive ; cf. ..."
4. The New England Gazetteer: Containing Descriptions of the States, Counties by John Hayward (1857)
"The soil Plymouth village is situated at the N. pirt of the town ; is compactly
built, and for the space of half a mile north and south from the town square ..."
5. School Architecture: Being Practical Remarks on the Planning, Designing by Edward Robert Robson (1877)
"School Desks control Dimensions of School-room and Class-rooms—Difficulty in
massing a Class conveniently and compactly—The Dual Desk with Lifting ..."
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