compactly
In a compact manner
Adverb
- 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...
- 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...
Origin
Etymology tree English compact Middle English -ly English -ly English compactly From compact + -ly.