compactly

American  

[kuhm-pakt-lee, kahm-pakt-lee] / kəmˈpækt li, ˈkɑmˌpækt li /

adverb

1. in a compact way, so as to use space or time as efficiently as possible.

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Example Sentences

Brighton defended deeply and compactly as they tried to preserve their lead, using the pace of Ivory Coast winger Simon Adingra on the left to threaten on the counter.

From BBC • Mar. 31, 2024

For the first time, load-bearing structures like bridges and shelters can be made with origami modules -- versatile components that can fold compactly and adapt into different shapes -- University of Michigan engineers have demonstrated.

From Science Daily • Mar. 18, 2024

Diltz is compactly built, with a gray ponytail, a ringer in old age for the actor Seymour Cassel, a John Cassavetes mainstay.

From New York Times • Nov. 14, 2023

The mirrors could be rolled up and stored compactly in rockets and enable more-powerful orbiting observatories.

From Science Magazine • Apr. 19, 2023

He was physically a typical Gethenian of the Great Continent, compactly made, short-legged and short-armed, with a solid layer of subcutaneous fat giving him even in illness a sleek roundness of body.

From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin