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Lexicographically close words:
summarising; summarize; summarized; summarizes; summarizing; summas; summat; summation; summe; summed
  1. Now, supposing the hypothetical balance-sheet is to be received into court, there yet lurks under this summary a gross misstatement.

  2. But this summary question, and its answer, do not decide the matter.

  3. Introduction; also for an extract and summary of "The Fair Sidea," pp.

  4. Summary by Decades of the Improved and Unimproved Land in Farms, with per cent of Increase and Decrease.

  5. With certain qualifications, a summary of the leading events that have left their impress on the region is as follows: 1.

  6. He was obliged to change his course, and at last was as summary as Oliver Cromwell in Ireland.

  7. Wyclif had gained a great triumph, which he used by publishing a summary of his opinions in thirty-three articles, both in Latin and English.

  8. It could be quite briefly expressed; he was always ready to oblige his friends with a summary statement, either in a letter or an enclosed memorandum, and several such have come down to us.

  9. It presented in scholastic Latin a formal summary of the positive doctrine expressed by the French treatise.

  10. Here we have a very interesting chapter of the history of human opinion disposed of in the usual summary way, by a statement which, as it appears to me, is developed out of the writer's inner consciousness.

  11. These summary notes upon one of our most remarkable men only indicate the three or four states of conscience which he represents to the young people who read his books and meditate upon their eloquent, disquieting pages.

  12. If there be any man in English history whom such a summary of traits as this recalls, it is Dean Swift.

  13. The mode of teaching turnspits their business was more summary than humane.

  14. He grounded this summary mode of punishment on what he considered the infamous nature of the offence, and its tendency to injure the community by casting suspicion upon honest dealers and obstructing the course of trade.

  15. No person shall, save in case of summary jurisdiction prescribed by law for minor offences, be tried without a jury on any criminal charge.

  16. With this view I left them several of my Summary View, before mentioned, to distribute, that the inhabitants might know more particularly the nature of the evil, against which they were going to complain.

  17. I called it A Summary View of the Slave Trade, and of the probable consequences of its Abolition.

  18. He promised also his assistance as to the other object, for the promotion of which I left him several of my Summary View to distribute.

  19. For this purpose I left also here several of my Summary View for distribution.

  20. The committee having now fixed upon their correspondents, ordered five hundred of the circular letters which have been before mentioned, and five thousand of the Summary View, an account of which has been given also, to be printed.

  21. Author produces a summary view of the Slave Trade, and of the probable consequences of its abolition.

  22. At this committee two thousand new Summary View were ordered to be printed, and the circular letter to be prefixed to each.

  23. The story of the life and adventures of Æneas, which we have given in this and in the preceding chapters, is a faithful summary of the narrative which the poetic historians of those days recorded.

  24. The summary manner in which they have been disposed of reminds us of the amusing way in which the popular chronology deals with the hoary annals of Egypt and China.

  25. Sidenote: Summary as respects the world in time.

  26. Summary of the Investigation of the Position of Man.

  27. Summary of the Argument presented in this Book respecting the mental Progress of Europe.

  28. Sidenote: Summary of the investigation of the position of man.

  29. And thus the reader has a summary of the contents of this important work.

  30. Mr. Lingard, whose accuracy as an historian is entitled to the highest praise, adverts to this circumstance in the following summary of the honours of an Anglo-Saxon queen.

  31. At this cry, the people came out of their shops, armed with sticks and other weapons, while the mob gathered stones to inflict summary vengeance upon the supposed financier.

  32. Those who are curious to see the manner in which these combats were regulated, may consult the learned Montesquieu, where they will find a copious summary of the code of ancient duelling.

  33. When Maximilian was himself taken prisoner, the like summary punishment became his just award.

  34. Little is thought of ending life by this means, unless there happen to be influential relations who object to their relatives being in this summary manner "put out of the way.

  35. The gun, pistol, or dagger is the Riffi's summary judge and jury.

  36. But such a summary is clearly inadequate, for it deals only with one of the two questions which every moralist must answer.

  37. On its evacuation by Washington; it was set on fire, it was saved by the summary execution of all incendaries by the British.

  38. The conflict has been so fully described in previous chapters that only a summary of it is needed here.

  39. Before dealing with the great difficulties imposed on Switzerland by the European War a brief summary must be given of domestic politics during the first seven months of the year.


  40. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "summary" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
    Other words:
    abbreviated; abbreviation; abridged; abridgment; abstract; account; alert; aphoristic; apt; arbitrary; brief; brusque; capitulation; census; clipped; close; compact; compendious; compressed; compression; concise; condensation; condensed; conspectus; contracted; core; count; crisp; critique; cursory; curt; curtailment; cut; decisive; digest; docked; elaboration; elision; ellipsis; elliptic; elliptical; epitome; essence; expeditious; gist; gnomic; history; immediate; instant; instantaneous; inventory; iteration; laconic; little; low; meat; minute; outline; passing; pith; pithy; pointed; programme; prompt; pruned; punctual; quick; ready; recapitulation; recital; reckoning; recount; recounting; reduction; rehearsal; reissue; reiteration; repertory; reprint; reserved; resume; retrenchment; review; score; sententious; short; shortened; speedy; statement; story; substance; succinct; sum; summary; summation; swift; syncope; synopsis; taciturn; terse; tight; transient; truncated