The children were packed compactly into the car.    From Wordnet, Princeton University. 

Liquid food compactly stored in a pressurized tank.    From Wordnet, Princeton University. 

We feel as if we were closely and compactly put together.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Principles of Aesthetics] Reference

Most of the village is compactly arranged, as may be seen from the plan.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Study of Pueblo Architecture: Tusayan and Cibola Eighth Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1886-1887, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1891, pages 3-228] Reference

They were compactly, systematically organized, with no parade of logic.    From Wordnik.com.  [Joy in Service; Forgetting, and Pressing Onward; Until the Day Dawn] Reference

The merry wrinkles melted and his mustache drew itself compactly together.    From Wordnik.com.  [Tin-Types Taken in the Streets of New York A Series of Stories and Sketches Portraying Many Singular Phases of Metropolitan Life] Reference

Soon a mass of silent but heart-heaving humanity was crowded compactly before him.    From Wordnik.com.  [International Weekly Miscellany - Volume 1, No. 9, August 26, 1850] Reference

While a less conventional design, it folds much more compactly and is quite sturdy!.    From Wordnik.com.  [Original Signal - Transmitting Gadgets] Reference

He is active, compactly made, but generally below rather than above the middle size.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Rise of Canada, from Barbarism to Wealth and Civilisation Volume 1] Reference

Nest very compactly built of sticks and grasses and lined with wool from sheep's back.    From Wordnik.com.  [Stories of Birds] Reference

The British fleet, compactly formed and under easy sail, awaited the enemy's approach.    From Wordnik.com.  [Tecumseh A Chronicle of the Last Great Leader of His People; Vol. 17 of Chronicles of Canada] Reference

This Lettuce is brittle, and of excellent flavor; but its head is not compactly formed.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Field and Garden Vegetables of America Containing Full Descriptions of Nearly Eleven Hundred Species and Varietes; With Directions for Propagation, Culture and Use.] Reference

They were all small and compactly built; but Arethusa had got her height from her father.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Heart of Arethusa] Reference

Gateways, arranged for defense, occur in many of the more compactly-built ancient pueblos.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Study of Pueblo Architecture: Tusayan and Cibola Eighth Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1886-1887, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1891, pages 3-228] Reference

Draining is much freer if the fruit is spread thin, rather than dumped compactly in a bag.    From Wordnik.com.  [Dishes & Beverages of the Old South] Reference

They filled the tunnel so compactly that the two men did not dare try to squeeze past them.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Raid on the Termites] Reference

Tread the manure down compactly, and for the sake of appearances endeavour to finish it off in.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Culture of Vegetables and Flowers From Seeds and Roots 16th Edition] Reference

Head golden-green, tinted with brownish-red about the top, regularly but not compactly formed.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Field and Garden Vegetables of America Containing Full Descriptions of Nearly Eleven Hundred Species and Varietes; With Directions for Propagation, Culture and Use.] Reference

If these particles be pressed together compactly, there is no space left between them for water.    From Wordnik.com.  [Farm drainage The Principles, Processes, and Effects of Draining Land with Stones, Wood, Plows, and Open Ditches, and Especially with Tiles] Reference

The grains of the darnel are not so heavy as the wheat, and not so compactly set upon the stalk.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Parables of Our Lord] Reference

But what might have been compactly colorful is now unnecessarily insensitive -- not to mention trite.    From Wordnik.com.  [Can we ban the word 'shed' from jobs reports, already?] Reference

In these experiments peas and beans were grown in moistened sawdust, more or less compactly compressed.    From Wordnik.com.  [Manures and the principles of manuring] Reference

The old town, the Bordighera di sopra, is compactly built on the summit of the eminence rising from the cape.    From Wordnik.com.  [The South of France—East Half] Reference

The town has been well and compactly built, and probably contained a population approaching five thousand souls.    From Wordnik.com.  [Historical Introduction to Studies Among the Sedentary Indians of New Mexico; Report on the Ruins of the Pueblo of Pecos Papers Of The Archæological Institute Of America, American Series, Vol. I] Reference

The elements of something grand are there, but they are not yet polished nor put together, nor compactly cemented.    From Wordnik.com.  [Aims and Aids for Girls and Young Women On the Various Duties of Life, Physical, Intellectual, And Moral Development; Self-Culture, Improvement, Dress, Beauty, Fashion, Employment, Education, The Home Relations, Their Duties To Young Men, Marriage, Womanhood And Happiness.] Reference

The northern ruin is of considerable size and very compactly built, the rooms being clustered about the summit of the hill.    From Wordnik.com.  [Aboriginal Remains in Verde Valley, Arizona Thirteenth Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1891-92, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1896, pages 179-262] Reference

Head of medium size, seldom compactly formed; and, when cut and cooked in its greatest perfection, tender and well flavored.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Field and Garden Vegetables of America Containing Full Descriptions of Nearly Eleven Hundred Species and Varietes; With Directions for Propagation, Culture and Use.] Reference

The drums were just large tubes of sheet magnesium, in which about everything that each man would need was compactly stowed: Archer.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Planet Strappers] Reference

She was a trim body, compactly built, had black hair and eyes, and a fresh, rosy complexion that is so characteristic of her class.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Evolution of Dodd] Reference

Leaves larger than those of the Common Chiccory, and produced more compactly; forming a sort of head, or solid heart, like some of the.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Field and Garden Vegetables of America Containing Full Descriptions of Nearly Eleven Hundred Species and Varietes; With Directions for Propagation, Culture and Use.] Reference

Head pale yellowish-green, large, long, and compactly formed; the exterior leaves are large, numerous, wrinkled, and coarsely blistered.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Field and Garden Vegetables of America Containing Full Descriptions of Nearly Eleven Hundred Species and Varietes; With Directions for Propagation, Culture and Use.] Reference

Extra sugar can be more compactly stored after being converted into starches, which are long strings of sugar molecules linked together.    From Wordnik.com.  [Organic Gardener's Composting] Reference

Lay the remainder compactly together, tie it carefully in small bundles, and boil it from fifteen to twenty minutes, according to its age.    From Wordnik.com.  [The American Housewife Containing the Most Valuable and Original Receipts in all the Various Branches of Cookery; and Written in a Minute and Methodical Manner] Reference

Mr. H.rmann H. Cammann, of New York city, has patented a basket so constructed that it can be compactly folded for transportation or storage.    From Wordnik.com.  [Scientific American, Volume XLIII., No. 25, December 18, 1880 A Weekly Journal of Practical Information, Art, Science, Mechanics, Chemistry, and Manufactures.] Reference

More and more compactly it packed itself into the arched glass dome, the top layers finally resembling nothing so much as cloudy beef gelatin.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Raid on the Termites] Reference

Bind and tie it up compactly; put it in a roasting pan, turn in a cup of hot water and place it in a moderately hot oven, basting it occasionally.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Whitehouse Cookbook (1887) The Whole Comprising a Comprehensive Cyclopedia of Information for the Home] Reference