summarily, adv.
(ˈsʌmərɪlɪ)
[f. summary a. + -ly2.]
1. In a summary or compendious manner; chiefly of statement, in few words, compendiously, briefly.
| 1528 More Dyaloge ii. Wks. 178/1 This is of you verye well remembred and well and sommarily rehersed. 1561 T. Norton Calvin's Inst. iii. 301 That which is summarily comprehended in this prayer. 1614 Raleigh Hist. World iii. ix. (1634) 89 Of the warre betweene these brethren, and summarily of Artaxerxes, we shall haue occasion to speake. 1690 C. Nesse Hist. & Myst. O. & N. Test. I. 10 The idæa..of the great world..was..briefly and summarily expressed..in Man. 1726 Leoni Alberti's Archit. I. 10/2 When we come to treat of that Subject..particularly, and not summarily. 1825 Jefferson Autobiog. Wks. 1859 I. 105 The Marquis introduced the objects of the conference, by summarily reminding them of the state of things in the Assembly. 1873 Farrar Fam. Speech i. 7 It is..my purpose..summarily to sketch the broadest..results. |
† b. ellipt. To put it shortly, in sum. Obs.
| 1577 tr. Bullinger's Decades (1592) 319 Now summarilie this precept doth commaunde vs, to vse our tongues well. 1586 Let. Earle Leycester 20 The reasons whereof, were summarily these that follow. 1638 Rouse Heav. Acad. ii. 17 The naturall understanding doth perceive them no better than the eare doth the reason of sounds, or the nose the reason of smels; and summarily, than the senses do the things of the second intention. |
2. By summary legal procedure.
| 1530 Palsgr. 842/1 Sommaryly and playnly, as judgementes somtyme be gyven, sommairement et de playn. 1540 Act 32 Hen. VIII, c. 7 §1 The..Judge..shall..procede..ordinarily or summarily according to..the said ecclesiasticall lawes. 1572–3 Reg. Privy Council Scot. Ser. i. II. 195 That letters be direct be the Lordis of Counsale and Sessioun summarilie without ony calling. 1617 Moryson Itin. iii. 241 In Iudgements they..vse to iudge summarily vpon oath. a 1722 Fountainhall Decis. (1759) I. 10 The Lords ordained an agent to be summarily examined upon a bill. 1726 Ayliffe Parergon 152 When the Parties may proceed summarily, and they chuse the ordinary Way of Proceeding, the Cause is made Plenary. 1764 Burn Poor Laws 289 He may be committed summarily to prison until he shall find sureties. 1826 Bell Comm. Laws Scot. (ed. 5) II. 481 It has been held..that restitution of goods in the hands of the trustee may be claimed summarily. 1896 Daily Graphic 10 Feb. 7/3 Every dog that is not..provided with a muzzle will be summarily dealt with by the law. |
3. Without (unnecessary) formality or delay; without hesitation.
| 1621 First & Sec. Bk. Discipl. Ch. Scot. Pref., Others..summarily deny, that ever this Kirk had any approved discipline. 1794 R. J. Sulivan View Nat. I. 48 Le Cat differed from his contemporary Voltaire, who very summarily gave these heaps of fossil shells to a less powerful cause. 1838 Dickens Nich. Nick. xv, Miss Morleena..was summarily caught up and kissed by Mr. Lillyvick. 1879 Beerbohm Patagonia 3 While the captain was yet doubtful what course to take, the matter was summarily decided by the weather itself. 1886 Manch. Exam. 2 Jan. 5/2 He summarily refused all redress. |