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summarily

adverb

Definition of summarily

as in concisely

in a few words summarily informed us that our help was not welcome

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Recent Examples of summarily The following year, Move Forward was summarily dissolved—the fifth major opposition party to meet this fate—and the Constitutional Court banned Pita from political office for ten years. — Duncan McCargo, Foreign Affairs, 24 Aug. 2026 On a quest to grab one more ring, LeBron James will make his Philly debut on the same night the Knicks, the team that summarily swept the Sixers in the Eastern Conference semifinals, get their rings. — Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 18 Aug. 2026 The comedy ran for 23 episodes and was then summarily canceled, despite the season finale drawing about 11 million viewers. — Glenn Whipp, Los Angeles Times, 7 Aug. 2026 Local authorities were processing 862 migrant minors, who receive special protections under Spanish law and cannot be summarily returned. — Efrat Lachter, FOXNews.com, 4 Aug. 2026 Authorities in both Ceuta and Madrid linked it to a recent decision by Spain’s Supreme Court that ruled migrants arriving by sea could not be summarily deported, unlike those who cross by land or climb the border fence. — Yuliya Talmazan, NBC news, 31 July 2026 The authorities in Ceuta and Madrid have linked the border surge to a recent decision by the Spanish Supreme Court, which ruled that migrants arriving by sea could not be summarily deported, unlike those who cross by land or climb the border fence. — ABC News, 31 July 2026 Spain’s Supreme Court ruled earlier this month that migrants intercepted at sea while attempting to reach Ceuta or Melilla cannot be summarily returned under the enclaves’ special border-rejection regime. — Jamie Timson, TheWeek, 31 July 2026 The crossings started after the Spanish Supreme Court announced July 8 that migrants stopped at sea while trying to reach Ceuta or Melilla could not be summarily returned to Morocco under Spain’s border-rejection laws. — Janet Loehrke, USA Today, 31 July 2026

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Communicating it simply and concisely requires a clear framework, strong data and deep business understanding.

— Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 23 July 2026
Maybe Spain never quite produced a picture-book goal to concisely summarise their style and quality.

— Michael Cox, New York Times, 20 July 2026

Definition of concisely

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As shown on the chart, the load curve in 2026 surged significantly in late June, briefly exceeding 125,000 megawatts.

— , CNBC, 28 Aug. 2026
Las Vegas' Matt Gay, who played briefly for San Francisco last season, made 4 of 5 field goals, his miss coming from 54 yards in the third quarter.

— CBS News, CBS News, 28 Aug. 2026

Definition of briefly

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Meier ran the Ritz Hotel’s bar from 1921 until shortly before his death, in 1947.

— David Denby, New Yorker, 31 Aug. 2026
The past few weeks have seen the former Dateline correspondent and To Catch a Predator host state that he was not consulted on the movie and did not know about the production until shortly before the trailer dropped in May.

— Shania Russell, Entertainment Weekly, 31 Aug. 2026

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