Hypertext Webster Gateway: "summary"
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) 1.7 (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 : brief account that presents the main points in a concise
form [syn: {summarization}, {summarisation}]
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