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summarily

adverbCommon GRE wordMore S words

immediately and without ceremony or delay

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Summarily in a sentence

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The proposal was summarily rejected without discussion.

Synonyms
abruptlypromptlyswiftly
Antonyms
graduallyceremoniously

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Reviewers noted that the novelist, once known for blank prose, had pared her sentences down until scarcely a superfluous word remained.

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Summarily (adverb) means immediately and without ceremony or delay
Here is summarily used in an example sentence: "The proposal was summarily rejected without discussion."
Common synonyms for summarily include abruptly, promptly, swiftly.
Antonyms of summarily include gradually, ceremoniously.
Summarily is a GRE-level vocabulary word worth knowing for the Verbal section.

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