compactly
adjectiveHow many syllables in compactly?
There are 3 syllables in the word compactly.How to pronounce compactly:
Definition of compactly:
- compactly (adjective):
- predominantly formed or filled composed, made
Synonyms for compactly:
briefly
closely
concisely
crisply
curtly
densely
elliptically
exactly
heavily
in a nutshell
in a word
in brief
in sum
laconically
pithily
precisely
shortly
succinctly
summarily
tersely
thickly
Antonyms for compactly:
at great length
at length
at undue length
circuitously
circumlocuitously
circumlocutionally
circumlocutorily
convolutedly
diffusely
discursively
garrulously
grandiloquently
indirectly
lengthily
logorrheically
long-windedly
longly
longwindedly
periphrastically
permanently
pleonastically
prolixly
ramblingly
repetitiously
repetitively
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