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Meanings of summarily in English

In an abbreviated form.

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Examples for "briefly"
Examples for "briefly"
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A similar gas row briefly disrupted supplies to Europe three years ago.
Reuters
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The last crisis brought Europe and the world together, at least briefly.
Reuters
3
Parliament is expected to briefly hear the Prime Minister's amended response today.
Radio NZ
4
Amplify executives said too often, teachers use technology only briefly in class.
Reuters
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He briefly ran for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination earlier this year.
Reuters
Usage of summarily in English
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The number of cases being dealt with summarily is on the rise.
The Irish Times
2
An hour later the news leaked that he had been summarily fired.
The Guardian
3
He was summarily dismissed, but in time every last prediction came true.
The Guardian
4
He was summarily arrested and imprisoned in a coup by the military.
Ebony
5
This will be found described summarily in the next and final chapter.
James Nasmyth, Engineer: An Autobiography
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He was summarily sacked when the Nazis came into power in 1933.
The Guardian
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Instead the weight of evidence points to him having been summarily executed.
The Irish Times
8
When news of the murdered-pig controversy reached OU, Temerlin was summarily dismissed.
Nim Chimpsky: The Chimp Who Would Be Human
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But they had done irreparable mischief in disposing more summarily of Cicero.
Roads from Rome
10
Thus summarily was ended Peter's dream of tapping the wealth of China.
China
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Messages were sometimes brought in to Aaron, which he summarily disposed of.
A People's Man
12
With Syria and Egypt the Romans could go to work more summarily.
The History of Rome, Book III / From the Union of Italy to the S...
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He expressed great pleasure when Washington summarily rebuked the blatant French envoy.
The Winning of the West, Volume 4 / Louisiana and the Northwest,...
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They cut the operations summarily short by confiscating everything liable to duty.
Sixteen Months in Four German Prisons: Wesel, Sennelager, Klinge...
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In communities where educational opportunities are inequitable, this can't be summarily dismissed.
Ebony
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The saintly Confessor dealt with his bishops as summarily as Henry VIII.
Harold : the Last of the Saxon Kings — Volume 12
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Summarily across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Common