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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Compactly \Com*pact"ly\, adverb In a compact manner; with close union of parts; densely; tersely.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
compactly
adverb
1: in a compact manner or state; "The children were packed compactly into the car"
2: with concise and precise brevity; to the point; "Please state your case as succinctly as possible"; "he wrote compactly but clearly" [syn: {succinctly}]
3: taking up no more space than necessary; "liquid food compactly stored in a pressurized tank"
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