adj hence, rapidly performed; quickly executed; as, a summary process; to take summary vengeance.
2. summary ·adj formed into a sum; summed up; reduced into a narrow compass, or into few words; short; brief; concise; compendious; as, a summary statement of facts.
3. summary ·adj a general or comprehensive statement; an abridged account; an abstract, abridgment, or compendium, containing the sum or substance of a fuller account.