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summarily

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sum⋅mar⋅i⋅ly

  [suh-mair-uh-lee, suhm-er-uh-]
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–adverb
1. in a prompt or direct manner; immediately; straightaway.
2. without notice; precipitately: to be dismissed summarily from one's job.
Origin:
1520–30; summary + -ly
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sum·ma·ry   (sŭm'ə-rē)   
adj.  

  1. Presenting the substance in a condensed form; concise: a summary review.

  2. Performed speedily and without ceremony: summary justice; a summary rejection.

n.   pl. sum·ma·ries
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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