OXFORD 9000
📚 adj • entry_id 19462

summary

/ˈsʌməɹi/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
sumario
Concise, brief, or presented in a condensed form; presenting information in such a form.
A summary review is in the appendix.
Near-synonym: abstractive
a todo dar • apurado
Performed speedily, without formal ceremony, and (especially) without regard to legality.
Near-synonym: extrajudicial
They used summary executions to break the resistance of the people.
somero • sumario
Performed by omitting the procedures of a full trial, but within a legally valid framework.
The matter was brought to a close by summary dismissal of the cases.
The summary executions caused outrage.