Definition of summary

• a. - 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.
• a. - Hence, rapidly performed; quickly executed; as, a summary process; to take summary vengeance.
• a. - A general or comprehensive statement; an abridged account; an abstract, abridgment, or compendium, containing the sum or substance of a fuller account.