Let's just get right to the meat of the problem, and ask the question that is on everyone's lips: What the hell day is it? I kept up with the fact that today was Tuesday for most of the day, but I was just sitting out in the dog yard with Jody, and for about 30 seconds I thought today was Wednesday. It will be Wednesday soon enough, but it is not here yet. It was not a terribly bad day. As I recall, traffic on the way in to the city was nothing particularly good or bad, and neither was traffic on the way home. I was in the office all day, and got some things accomplished. Enough to call it a day. But...it has been grey all day long, and it has been a pretty grey year, all things considered. The sun shone through for about fifteen minutes around6:30, but that is hardly worth the trouble. Rain is back in the forecast for the next three days, but considering all the weather related horrors going on north and east of us, I think I should just shut the front door.
Compendious -- Adjective. marked by brief expression of a comprehensive matter. concise and comprehensive. also, comprehensive. This compendious handbook of grammar is a useful reference to have nearby.
Did you Know? In current use, compendious is most often applied to things that are full in scope and concise in treatment. But the work also shares a sense of "brief in statement or expression" with synonyms concise, terse, succinct, pithy, laconic, and summary. Concise simply suggests the removal of all that is superfluous or elaborative ("a concise description"). Terse implies pointed conciseness ("a terse reply"). Succinct implies the greatest possible compression ("a succinct letter of resignation"). Pithy adds the implication of richness of meaning or substance ("pithy one-liners"). Laconic implies brevity to the point of seeming rude or indifferent ("a stranger's laconic reply"). Summary suggests the stating of main points with no elaboration ("a summary listing of the year's main events"). FYI: Pithy is my favorite.
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