Summing
['sʌmiŋ]
Definition
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Sum
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Examples
- That, said Joe, summing up with his judicial air, were the word of Biddy. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- Which,' said Mr Dorrit, summing up with judicial gravity, 'is to say, in other words, that there is something wrong in--ha--Amy. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- It appears to have knocked your friend over--knocked him completely off his legs,' Mr Inspector remarked, when he had finished his summing up. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- This was surely a summing of a year's exploration not less laconic than Caesar's review of his Gallic campaign. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Happily Van Alstyne prided himself on his summing up of social aspects, and with Selden for audience was eager to show the sureness of his touch. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
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