summarily
/səˈmɛɹɪli/adverb
summarily is spelled S-U-M-M-A-R-I-L-Y: 9 letters and 4 syllables. It appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 35,748th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adverb, summarily means “In a summary manner” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in summarily?
| Letters | 9: S-U-M-M-A-R-I-L-Y |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 4 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 1 million words; the 35,748th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is summarily?
Summarily appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 35,748th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce summarily?
- /səˈmɛɹɪli/
- /səˈmæɹɪli/
Summarily has 4 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-summarily.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of summarily
- more summarily comparative
- most summarily superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does summarily mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adverb
- 1
In a summary manner.
They were fired summarily at a single plant-wide meeting.
- 2
Over a short period of time, briefly.
He covered the topic summarily in an answer to a question.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Summarily in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | sommairement , éphémère |
| German | zusammen, gemeinsam, allesamt, zusammenfassend, summarisch, insgesamt |
| Portuguese | sumariamente |
| Spanish | sumariamente |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does summarily come from?
From summary + -ly.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).