in a nutshell - definition and meaning

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Wiktionary

adv. In summary; briefly or simply.

GNU Webster's 1913

n. in a summarized and very abbreviated form; -- of statments, descriptions, reports, and other communications.

WordNet 3.0

adv. summed up briefly

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Words that contain this word in their definition
- nutshell
- nutlet
- in nuce
- nutshelled
- nutshells
- nutshelling

Lists

These user-created lists contain the word ‘in a nutshell’.

• Fruitie

Fruit-related metaphors.
The list name is a tribute to gangerh's Numberie.

pear shaped, upset the applecart, apple-pie order, apple-polisher, grapeshot, cut the melon, plum tired, through the grape..., nuttier than a pe..., apple-of-my-eye, just peachy, cracked the nut and 41 more...

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