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summary

/ˈsʌməɹi/
noun

  1. An abstract or a condensed presentation of the substance of a body of material.

Synonymsbottom line, short form, upshot
adjective

  1. Concise, brief or presented in a condensed form

    "A summary review is in the appendix."

  2. Performed speedily and without formal ceremony.

    "They used summary executions to break the resistance of the people."

  3. Performed by cutting the procedures of a standard and fair trial.

    "Summary justice is bad justice."

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