summarily

UK/səˈmɛɹɪli/US/səˈmɛɹɪli/

adverbC2Rare in speech; mostly a word you read · #12,759 of 15,258leans written

Summarily means done at once and without the usual formalities. Summarily dismissed, summarily rejected, summarily executed.

It is nearly always about something unpleasant done fast, since being summarily dismissed means without notice or hearing. In law it also marks the quicker kind of proceeding in a lower court, which is neutral.

Definitions of summarily

1adverbsummarilyDone at once and without the usual formalities.C2
“His complaint was summarily rejected without anyone even reading it.”

summarily is a manner.

Where it comes from

Latin
summa — total, sum
Medieval Latin
summārius
Middle English
summary
English
summary
English, today
summarily

From summary + -ly. summary comes from Middle English summary, from Medieval Latin summārius, from Latin summa (“total, sum”) + -ārius.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA

Practise this word

summarily in the wild

German soldiers under the command of Joachim Peiper (Kampfgruppe Peiper) summarily executed 84 U.S.
Malmedy massacre
However, the police then broke their promise and summarily executed the Nacistas, allegedly under the orders of President Arturo Alessandri.
Seguro Obrero massacre
Some of Skanderbeg's officers were captured by the fleeing Ottomans and were then summarily executed.
Battle of Vajkal
Dungal MacDowall summarily executed the Irish sub king and Malcolm McQuillan, Lord of Kintyre.
Battle of Loch Ryan
Following the failed coup, 17 alleged ringleaders, including Osman, were summarily executed by firing squad.
1978 Somali coup attempt

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Related words

the summa family

sum

summarily — used about once every 15,236 pages · #12,759 · point at the bar for the others

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