Summariness

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The state or condition of being summary. uncountable

    "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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alacritybrevitycurtnessdispatchexpeditionimmediacy

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"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."

Etymology

From summary + -ness.

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