adjective

containing or presenting the essential facts of something in a comprehensive but concise way.

a compendious study

succinct,pithy,short and to the point,short and sweet,potted,thumbnail,brief,crisp,compact,concise,condensed,shortened,contracted,compressed,abridged,abbreviated,summarized,summary,abstracted,in a nutshell,in a few well-chosen words,snappy,lapidary,epigrammatic,synoptic,aphoristic,gnomic