summary
Speech parts
1. summary - Noun
2. summary - Adjective
3. summary - Adjective Satellite
4. Summary - Proper noun
Meaning
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.
Hence, rapidly performed; quickly executed; as, a summary process; to take summary vengeance.
A general or comprehensive statement; an abridged account; an abstract, abridgment, or compendium, containing the sum or substance of a fuller account.
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a short and compendious book
a compact style is brief and pithy
succinct comparisons
a summary formulation of a wide-ranging subject
a summary execution
summary justice