Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The character of being summary.
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- noun The state or condition of being
summary .
Etymologies
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Examples
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It was not the summariness of Dr. Bronowski's exposition I was objecting to but its persistent creation of an appearance of logical connection between its parts, without, as far as I can tell, the reality.
Large Questions Bronowski, J. 1966
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Yet I was not without uneasiness, for the summariness with which Castelroux had informed me they were in the habit of dealing with those accused of high treason occasioned me some apprehensive pangs.
Bardelys the Magnificent; being an account of the strange wooing pursued by the Sieur Marcel de Saint-Pol, marquis of Bardelys... Rafael Sabatini 1912
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Garnett hesitated; but it was not the summariness of the Baron's greeting which he resented.
The Last Asset. 1904
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Garnett hesitated; but it was not the summariness of the Baron's greeting which he resented.
The Hermit and the Wild Woman Edith Wharton 1899
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Those houses, in all their summariness and primitive crudity, yet reminded one of the Cambridge homes; they exhibited some remains of the pre-Revolution style.
Your United States Impressions of a first visit Arnold Bennett 1899
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But even he did not anticipate the summariness and tremendous finality of his doom.
Gathering Clouds: A Tale of the Days of St. Chrysostom 1831-1903 1895
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