Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • In a summary manner; briefly; concisely; in a narrow compass, or in few words; in a short way or method; without delay; promptly; without hesitation or formality.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adverb In a summary manner.

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  • adverb manner In a summary manner.
  • adverb duration Over a short period of time, briefly.

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  • adverb without delay; in a summary manner

Etymologies

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summary +‎ -ly

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Examples

  • Saddam had the captain summarily executed while the Pentagon was claiming that the strike had probably finished off Saddam and Uday.

    Daimnation!: How Saddam spent the war 2003

  • Now that word summarily contains this declaration, that God enters into covenant with Abram: it then unfolds the nature of the covenant itself, and finally puts to it the seal, with the accompanying attestations.

    Commentary on Genesis - Volume 1 1509-1564 1996

  • And lastly, Mr. Heth, called summarily from a directors 'meeting at the Fourth National Bank, was overflowed with such a wave of feminine incoherence and emotionalism as he found great difficulty in associating with his usually self-contained little daughter ....

    V. V.'s Eyes Henry Sydnor Harrison 1905

  • And again, like you said, I think there are going to be two issues: No. 1, the way that she kind of summarily dismissed these white firefighters 'claims.

    Court Is Adjourned 2009

  • The primitive myth persists in modern war, but the determination of guilt is not a question that is dismissed "summarily" as Lowie says.

    Death, Legal and Illegal 1974

  • A proclamation is out announcing that any one talking about the war, or present state of affairs, will be "summarily" dealt with.

    A Confederate girl's diary, 1913

  • A proclamation is out announcing that any one talking about the war, or present state of affairs, will be "summarily" dealt with.

    A Confederate Girl's Diary Sarah Morgan Dawson 1875

  • Now, seems to me "summarily" is not exactly the word they mean, but still it has an imposing effect.

    A Confederate Girl's Diary Sarah Morgan Dawson 1875

  • "As and when it comes to power a BNP Government would be constitutionally entitled summarily to eject you.

    Cranmer 2009

  • "summarily" is not exactly the word they mean, but still it has an imposing effect.

    A Confederate girl's diary, 1913

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