summary

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

1. adj. Presenting the substance in a condensed form; concise: a summary review.
2. adj. Performed speedily and without ceremony: summary justice; a summary rejection.
3. n. A presentation of the substance of a body of material in a condensed form or by reducing it to its main points; an abstract.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

1. Containing the sum or substance only; reduced to few words; short; brief; concise; compendious: as, a summary statement of arguments or objections.
2. Rapidly performed; quickly executed; effected by a short way or method; without hesitation, delay, or formality.
3. Synonyms Succinct, Condensed, etc. (see concise); synoptical, terse, pithy.
4. Prompt, rapid.
5. n. An abridged or condensed statement or account; an abstract, abridgment, or compendium containing the sum or substance of a fuller statement.
6. n. In law, a short application to a court or judge, without the formality of a full proceeding. Synonyms Compendium, Abstract, etc. See abridgment.

Wiktionary

1. adj. Concise, brief or presented in a condensed form
2. adj. Performed speedily and without formal ceremony.
3. adj. law Performed by cutting the procedures of a normal trial.
4. n. An abstract or a condensed presentation of the substance of a body of material.

GNU Webster's 1913

1. adj. Formed into a sum; summed up; reduced into a narrow compass, or into few words; short; brief; concise; compendious.
2. adj. Hence, rapidly performed; quickly executed.
3. n. A general or comprehensive statement; an abridged account; an abstract, abridgment, or compendium, containing the sum or substance of a fuller account.

WordNet 3.0

1. adj. briefly giving the gist of something
2. n. a brief statement that presents the main points in a concise form
3. adj. performed speedily and without formality