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summarily
[ suh-mair-uh-lee, suhm-er-uh- ]
adverb
- in a prompt or direct manner; immediately; straightaway.
- without notice; precipitately:
to be dismissed summarily from one's job.
Word History and Origins
Origin of summarily1
Example Sentences
Speaking on Monday to the Alaska Daily News, Muskowski recounted numerous conversations with some of those summarily fired in Musk’s precipitous purge.
When a judge ordered the restoration of public health data that had been removed from government websites, he was summarily castigated by Elon Musk as “evil” and someone who “must be fired.”
But critics said his "war on drugs" led to police abuse and that many of the drug suspects summarily executed.
One of Trump’s first acts was to summarily fire Justice Department prosecutors who helped investigate Trump’s criminal attempts to overthrow the 2020 election.
Gen. Susan Escallier, the Pentagon official in charge of the military commissions at Guantánamo Bay, Austin summarily overruled her, revoking the plea deal with little explanation and leaving experts and observers alike confused and disappointed.
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