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Definition of Summarily
1. Adverb. Without delay; in a summary manner. "The suspected spy was summarily executed"
Definition of Summarily
1. adv. In a summary manner.
Definition of Summarily
1. Adverb. (context: manner) In a summary manner. ¹
2. Adverb. (context: duration) Over a short period of time, briefly. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Summarily
1. [adv]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Summarily
Literary usage of Summarily
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1912)
"... motion to dismiss the appeal summarily for any irregularities in the process
by which it has been brought to this court. We therefore refuse the motion ..."
2. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1912)
"... and then they would become the findings and conclusions of the court; but It
was error in his honor to summarily dispose of the exceptions by overruling ..."
3. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"... he threw all the blame upon the Catholics, who refused to accept the new Gospel.
summarily; Contarini, after making a score of emendations, ..."
4. Commentaries on American Law by James Kent, Charles M. Barnes (1884)
"... the execution of his trust, (d) His powers and duties under the common law of
the land may be summarily comprehended in the following particulars : 1. ..."
5. Biographical Sketches of Loyalists of the American Revolution: With an by Lorenzo Sabine (1864)
"... Colonies," was summarily disposed of whenever they fell into the hands of
those whose measures they criticized and condemned. ..."
6. The Parliamentary Debates by Great Britain Parliament (1906)
"... for the words 'may be recovered summarily as a civil debt.'" "In pace 3, line
12, to leave out from the word ' authority,' to the word ' and,1 in line ..."
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