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sum⋅ma⋅ry
[suhm-uh-ree] 
ə
noun, plural -ries, adjective –noun
| 1. | a comprehensive and usually brief abstract, recapitulation, or compendium of previously stated facts or statements. |
–adjective
| 2. | brief and comprehensive; concise. |
| 3. | direct and prompt; unceremoniously fast: to treat someone with summary dispatch. |
| 4. | (of legal proceedings, jurisdiction, etc.) conducted without, or exempt from, the various steps and delays of a formal trial. |
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sum⋅mar⋅i⋅ness [suh-mair-i-nis] , noun
[suh-mair-i-nis] , noun Synonyms:
1. outline, précis. Summary, brief, digest, synopsis are terms for a short version of a longer work. A summary is a brief statement or restatement of main points, esp. as a conclusion to a work: a summary of a chapter. A brief is a detailed outline, by heads and subheads, of a discourse (usually legal) to be completed: a brief for an argument. A digest is an abridgement of an article, book, etc., or an organized arrangement of material under heads and titles: a digest of a popular novel; a digest of Roman law. A synopsis is usually a compressed statement of the plot of a novel, play, etc.: a synopsis of Hamlet. 2. short, condensed, compact, succinct. 3. curt, terse, peremptory.
1. outline, précis. Summary, brief, digest, synopsis are terms for a short version of a longer work. A summary is a brief statement or restatement of main points, esp. as a conclusion to a work: a summary of a chapter. A brief is a detailed outline, by heads and subheads, of a discourse (usually legal) to be completed: a brief for an argument. A digest is an abridgement of an article, book, etc., or an organized arrangement of material under heads and titles: a digest of a popular novel; a digest of Roman law. A synopsis is usually a compressed statement of the plot of a novel, play, etc.: a synopsis of Hamlet. 2. short, condensed, compact, succinct. 3. curt, terse, peremptory.
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| sum·ma·ry (sŭm'ə-rē) adj.
A presentation of the substance of a body of material in a condensed form or by reducing it to its main points; an abstract. [Middle English, from Medieval Latin summārius, of or concerning the sum, from Latin summa, sum; see sum.] sum·mar'i·ly (sə-měr'ə-lē) adv., sum'ma·ri·ness n. |
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