1. (a.) Formed into a sum; reduced into a few words; short; brief; concise\; compendious; as, a summary statement of facts.

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

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

Spartan abbreviated abbreviation abridged abridgement abridgment abrupt abstract account accounts alert apocope aposiopestic apt body count brief brusque capitulation census clipped close compact compacted compendious compendium compressed compression concise condensation condensed consolidation conspectus contracted copy core count crisp critique curt curtailment curtal curtate cut decisive decurtate digest distillate docked drumhead dwelling upon elaboration elision ellipsis elliptic encapsulation epigrammatic epitome epitomization essence expeditious foreshortening gist gnomic going over head count immediate instant instantaneous inventory iteration laconic little low main point meat nose count outline peremptory perfunctory pith pithy pointed practicing precis prompt pruned punctual quick ready reaffirmation recap recapitulation recital reckoning recount recountal recounting reduction rehash rehearsal reissue reiteration repertory reprint reserved restatement resume retelling retrenchment review roundup run-through rundown sententious short short and sweet shortened shortening speedy statement substance succinct sum sum and substance summation summing summing up summing-up swift syncope synopsis synopsized synoptic taciturn telescoping terse tight to the point transient truncated truncation