summarily

adv

Etymology: Etymology tree English summary Middle English -ly English -ly English summarily From summary + -ly.

1. In a summary manner.

   “They were fired summarily at a single plant-wide meeting.”

   “[…] and any offender found with firearms in his possession contrary to this Ordinance, shall be deemed to be guilty of a misdemeanor, and being thereof summarily convicted before any one or more Justice or Justices of the Peace, of being so illegally at large as aforesaid, shall be kept to hard labour on any of the Roads or Public Works of the said colony, for any time not exceeding three calendar months.”

2. Over a short period of time, briefly.

   “He covered the topic summarily in an answer to a question.”

   “After this mention of the closing persecution, he summarily indicates all that the devil, and the city of which he is the prince, shall suffer in the last judgment.”