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ADVERB
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taking up no more space than necessary
liquid food compactly stored in a pressurized tank -
with concise and precise brevity; to the point
he wrote compactly but clearly
Please state your case as succinctly as possible -
in a compact manner or state
The children were packed compactly into the car
How To Use compactly In A Sentence
- The mesoderm that extends ventrad from the mesentery, on each side of the entoderm just described, consists of a thick layer of compactly arranged cells. Development of the Digestive Canal of the American Alligator
- A shaggy cloth, though coarsely woven and loose in texture, will be found warmer than an equally heavy cloth which is woven compactly, and which has been sheared, carded and teazled.
- The blinds are hinged so they fold compactly against the piers.
- he wrote compactly but clearly
- Rather than develop compactly with gradually decreasing density, sprawl leapfrogs over developable land to further locations.
- From the viewpoint of aircraft dynamics, the required air-input reduced, the performance of mechanics improved and the components of the system got dexterously and compactly.
- liquid food compactly stored in a pressurized tank
- The children were packed compactly into the car
- As a finish to the ornament, a little gold clasp was needed; fortunately I possessed it in the fastening of my sole necklace; I duly detached and re-attached it, then coiled compactly the completed guard; and enclosed it in a small box I had bought for its brilliancy, made of some tropic shell of the colour called "nacarat," and decked with a little coronal of sparkling blue stones. Villette
