summariness

English

Etymology

summary +‎ -ness

Noun

summariness (uncountable)

  1. The state or condition of being summary.
    • 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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