Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- In a summary manner; briefly; concisely; in a narrow compass, or in few words; in a short way or method; without delay; promptly; without hesitation or formality.
Wiktionary
GNU Webster's 1913
- adv. In a summary manner.
WordNet 3.0
- adv. without delay; in a summary manner
Etymologies
- summary + -ly (Wiktionary)
Examples
“Saddam had the captain summarily executed while the Pentagon was claiming that the strike had probably finished off Saddam and Uday.”
“Now that word summarily contains this declaration, that God enters into covenant with Abram: it then unfolds the nature of the covenant itself, and finally puts to it the seal, with the accompanying attestations.”
“And lastly, Mr. Heth, called summarily from a directors 'meeting at the Fourth National Bank, was overflowed with such a wave of feminine incoherence and emotionalism as he found great difficulty in associating with his usually self-contained little daughter ....”
“And again, like you said, I think there are going to be two issues: No. 1, the way that she kind of summarily dismissed these white firefighters 'claims.”
“The primitive myth persists in modern war, but the determination of guilt is not a question that is dismissed "summarily" as Lowie says.”
“A proclamation is out announcing that any one talking about the war, or present state of affairs, will be "summarily" dealt with.”
“Now, seems to me "summarily" is not exactly the word they mean, but still it has an imposing effect.”
“As and when it comes to power a BNP Government would be constitutionally entitled summarily to eject you.”
“summarily" is not exactly the word they mean, but still it has an imposing effect.”
“summarily', the hybrid (or 'dual procedure') offence is treated in all respects as a summary conviction offence.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘summarily’.
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February 2012
filiopietistic, bifurcate, enclave, wedlock, decadent, unduly, defunct, lapel, tumescent, capitulation, leaden, scintilla and 83 more...
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National Library Agenda Summit
nla2006, summit, agenda, library, ala, diversity, education, learning, continuous, scan, environmental, plan and 646 more...
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Words to Learn
colloquium, resilient, ruminate, missive, sylvan, indefatigable, preclude, prowess, quiescent, caustic, verdant, specter and 119 more...
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edes's Words
table talk, tuneful, bestrewn, determinate fashion, unpretending, personage, duly impressed, shirring, caw, hatchet job, gummy, comely and 225 more...
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Adverbia
A long list of adverbs, beginning with full-drive. Someone had to list them. This list in continued in the list More Adverbia.
Read some sniping and some informative commentary about a...full-drive, portentously, unlawfully, legally, heterogeneously, consumingly, clancularly, inconsolably, prepositionally, retrogressively, symptomatically, decrepitly and 2460 more...
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5-0
Hecko, words! I’m so happy I’ve found you. I want to keep you all and never want to lose you again. I hope you like it here.
amscray, thistledown, tine, tinsel, pungent, snarl, wail, lanky, viscid, dawdle, luminous, stow and 2719 more...
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Another day, a whole nother list
rump, spot on, flank, outflank, rank, bedeck, leafhopper, apocope, academic, set-to, point of no return, cloy and 210 more...
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simple & useful6
vaporize, potentiality, lamentation, finite, hobbling, whiffed, accessorizing, negligible, amplification, grumbly, trumpeting, snares and 65 more...
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Random list 22/5/2010
Every word I random for the next ten minutes or so will be added to this list.
venturine, tortulous, tweedle, appellatively, vetch, misexplication, intrigante, corresponsive, polyphonic, ramrod, yank, tuscor and 31 more...
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Doug and Paul's Everyday Words
Words a friend and I actually use in common parlance, much to the astonishment of all, and sometimes ourselves.
wherewithal, whereas, ukase, turgid, transmogrify, thereby, summarily, regale, proclivities, prescient, perusal, permutations and 21 more...
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Enjoyable words
obstructionist, demonstrative, locquacious, anthracite, curvaceous, reptilian, aquatic, blithely, meaty, inguinal, omnibus, farmhand and 9 more...
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