| query | S______ actions are done without delay, often when something else should have been done first or done instead .Summary actions are done without delay, often when something else should have been done first or done instead . It says torture and summary execution are common. There is no doubt that some considered that a beating was no more than summary justice. The four men were killed after a summary trial. Several detainees had been summarily executed. |
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| word | summary |
| full-definition | noun A summary of something is a short account of it, which gives the main points but not the details . What follows is a brief summary of the process. Here's a summary of the day's news. Milligan gives a fair summary of his subject within a relatively short space. adjective Summary actions are done without delay, often when something else should have been done first or done instead . It says torture and summary execution are common. There is no doubt that some considered that a beating was no more than summary justice. The four men were killed after a summary trial. Several detainees had been summarily executed. |
| inflections | summariessummarily |
| cefr-level | B1 |
Tags: oxford5k::cefr-level:b1
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