compactly
compactly adverb: in a compact manner.
Adverb
compactly (comparative more compactly, superlative most compactly)
- In a compact manner
- she is of middle size, stiffly made, body long, legs short, bust much developed but not compactly moulded, waist disproportionately compressed by an inhumanly braced corset, dress carefully arranged, large feet tortured into small bottines, head small, hair smoothed, braided, oiled, and gummed to...a. 1856 (date written), Currer Bell [pseudonym; Charlotte Brontë], edited by A[rthur] B[ell] Nicholls, The Professor, a Tale. […], volume (please specify |volume=I or II), London: Smith, Elder & Co....
- Old Kipps glanced at her over his spectacles. "You ain't comfortable, my gal, in this world, not if you don't live up to your position," so putting compactly into contemporary English that fine old phrase, noblesse oblige.1905, H. G. Wells, Kipps
compactly meaning in Tamil
compactly in Tamil
- அவுசாக
Forms of compactly
| comparative | more compactly |
|---|---|
| superlative | most compactly |
Origin of compactly
From compact + -ly.
Questions about compactly
- What does compactly mean?
- Compactly means in a compact manner.
- What is compactly in Tamil?
- Compactly in Tamil is அவுசாக. See Compactly meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is compactly?
- Compactly is an adverb.
Words near compactly in the dictionary
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