Compactly
[kəm'pæktli]
Definition
(adv.) taking up no more space than necessary; 'liquid food compactly stored in a pressurized tank'.
(adv.) in a compact manner or state; 'The children were packed compactly into the car'.
Checker: Merle--From WordNet
Definition
(adv.) In a compact manner; with close union of parts; densely; tersely.
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Examples
- The driving engine and shafting are compactly placed at one end or side of the room, with boilers and kettles conveniently adjacent. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- Such flat disc records give quite loud reproductions, are not easily destroyed, and may be compactly stored and transported. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- This gives the grain side of the leather a finished appearance and also serves to press the leather together compactly. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- They were walking past the house of the old Patroon, with its squat walls and small square windows compactly grouped about a central chimney. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
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