summary

adj

Etymology: From Middle English summary, from Medieval Latin summārius, from Latin summa (“total, sum”) + -ārius (suffix forming adjectives).

1. Concise, brief, or presented in a condensed form; presenting information in such a form.

   “Near-synonym: abstractive”

   “A summary review is in the appendix.”

2. 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.”

3. 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.”

name

1. A surname.

noun

Etymology: From Medieval Latin summārium, from Latin summa (“total, sum”) + -ārium (suffix forming nouns of purpose).

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

   “I'd forgotten what happened in the first Harry Potter book so I read a summary of the narrative before starting the second one.”

   “make a summary of the events”