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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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. 2. Hence rapidly performed; quickly executed; as a summary process; to take summary vengeance. Syn: Short; brief; concise; compendious; succinct. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Summary \Sum"ma*ry\, n.; pl {Summaries}. [F. sommaire or L. summarium See {Summary}, a.] A general or comprehensive statement; an abridged account; an abstract, abridgment, or compendium, containing the sum or substance of a fuller account. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: summary adj 1: performed speedily and without formality; "a summary execution"; "summary justice" [syn: {drumhead}] 2: briefly giving the gist of something "a short and compendious book"; "a compact style is brief and pithy"; "succinct comparisons"; "a summary formulation of a wide-ranging subject" [syn: {compendious}, {compact}, {succinct}] n : writing that presents the main points in a concise form [syn: {summarization}]
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