compact
adjective
compacter
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a word derived from
compact.
Example Sentences
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Sitting on it, even in slow-motion, creates the sound of the Tin Man being crushed to death in an industrial trash compacter.
From Salon ● Nov. 25, 2014
He is the Will Durant of novelists, less an artist than a kind of historical compacter.
From Time Magazine Archive
It was as if an unwieldy organism stretched a vulnerable limb across the huge barrier of the Alps, exposing it to the attack of a compacter body.
From The Life of Napoleon I (Volume 1 of 2) by John Holland Rose
The two men came forward together, Roden slouching and heavy-shouldered, but well dressed; Von Holzen smaller, compacter, with a thoughtful, still face and calculating eyes.
From Roden's Corner by Henry Seton Merriman
He spoke almost exactly twice as fast as Mr. Direck, clipping his words much more, using much compacter sentences, and generally cutting his corners, and this put Mr. Direck off his game.
From Mr. Britling Sees It Through by H. G. (Herbert George) Wells
