Definition of "compactly" [com•pact•ly]

• In a compact manner (adverb)

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• "All districts – both house and senatorial – must be drawn as compactly as possible"
• "All districts – both house and senatorial – must be drawn as compactly as possible (ignoring big water – i.e. alaska and hawaii would be contiguous to something)"
• "It's the same price as the regular DVD set though on sale you still pay a premium for BluRay and the DVDs are housed compactly and neatly in slim cases rather than the horrible packaging of the regular DVD set that fans bemoaned."