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.