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Definition of summarily adverb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

summarily

adverb

/ˈsʌmərəli/

/səˈmerəli/

(sometimes disapproving)

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immediately, without paying attention to the normal process that should be followed
- to be summarily dismissed/executed
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