I . a.
1.
Short, brief, concise, compendious, synoptical, succinct, laconic, curt, terse, pithy, compact, condensed.
2.
Brief, rapid, quickly performed, quick.
II . n.
Abridgment, compend, compendium, abstract, epitome, digest, synopsis, syllabus, conspectus, sum and substance, the short and the long, résumé .