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summariness

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

The state or condition of being summary.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

Examples

  • November 18, 1921, Joseph Conrad, letter to Hugh Walpole Each of the Christina episodes leaves behind a curious sense of baffled expectation which does not lie in a faulty conception of them, but, I verily believe, in the summariness of the treatment. I don't mean lack of vigour.

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Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From summary + -ness.