summary
Concise, brief or presented in a condensed form; presenting information in such a form.
Example
“A summary review is in the appendix.”
Other meanings
Performed speedily, without formal ceremony and (especially) without regard to legality.
“They used summary executions to break the resistance of the people.”
Performed by omitting the procedures of a full trial, but within a legally valid framework.
“The matter was brought to a close by summary dismissal of the cases.”
Word history
From Latin "summa" (total, sum).
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “summary” on Wiktionary, by its contributors, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.