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Summary Short Summarily Noun Account Main Points Details

word summary
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
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