Succinct

Part of speech: adjective (a.)

1. Girded or tucked up; bound; drawn tightly together. His habit fit for speed succinct. Milton.

2. Compressed into a narrow compass; brief; concise. Let all your precepts be succinct and clear. Roscommon. The shortest and most succinct model that ever grasped all the needs and necessities of mankind. South.

Synonyms: Short; brief; concise; summary; compendious; laconic; terse. Suc*cinct"ly, adv. Suc*cinct"ness, n.