Summary

Summary
Summary Sum"ma*ry, a. [Cf. F. sommaire. See {Sum}.] 1. Formed into a sum; summed up; reduced into a narrow compass, or into few words; short; brief; concise; compendious; as, a summary statement of facts. [1913 Webster]

2. Hence, rapidly performed; quickly executed; as, a summary process; to take summary vengeance. [1913 Webster]

Syn: Short; brief; concise; compendious; succinct. [1913 Webster]


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  • summary — [adj] concise, to the point arbitrary, boiled down*, breviloquent, brief, compact, compacted, compendiary, compendious, condensed, cursory, curt, hasty, in a nutshell*, laconic, perfunctory, pithy*, recapped, rehashed, run down, run through,… …   New thesaurus

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