summarily
Americanadverb
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in a prompt or direct manner; immediately; straightaway.
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without notice; precipitately.
to be dismissed summarily from one's job.
Etymology
Origin of summarily
Example Sentences
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Robbys and Robertos and the occasional Bobby don’t count; they have consciously and summarily rejected being called Bob.
From The Wall Street Journal • Sep. 17, 2025
In “Los Mandados,” Fernández sings of how la migra beats up an immigrant who summarily sues them; “El Corrido de Los Mojados” plainly asks Americans, “If the mojados were to disappear/Who would you depend on?”
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 4, 2025
While the family was put in a Texas detention center, the government placed them under expedited removal, when immigration officers can summarily deport certain noncitizens without a court hearing.
From Slate • Jul. 4, 2025
Some lower courts had blocked the government from relying on the Alien Enemies Act to summarily expel people to this foreign megaprison in El Salvador.
From Salon • May 16, 2025
But Jefferson would not rise to the bait, convinced as he was after his earlier exchange with Abigail that he had already made a heroic effort that had been summarily rejected.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
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