Summary \Sum"ma*ry\, a. [Cf. F. sommaire. See Sum.]

1. 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.

2. Hence, rapidly performed; quickly executed; as, a summary process; to take summary vengeance.

Syn: Short; brief; concise; compendious; succinct.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Summary \Sum"ma*ry\, n.; pl. Summaries. [F. sommaire, or L. summarium. See Summary, a.]

A general or comprehensive statement; an abridged account; an abstract, abridgment, or compendium, containing the sum or substance of a fuller account.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)