English Explanatory Dictionary

in a nutshell

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adv
  1. In summary; briefly or simply.

Pronunciation

en-au-in a nutshell.ogg

Word forms

in a nutshell

Etymology

Calque of New Latin in nuce, derived from an anecdote in Pliny the Elder, who ascribes to Cicero the claim that the whole Iliad was once written on parchment and enclosed within a nutshell (Naturalis Historia 7.21.85). Compare typologically Czech stručný, stručně (< struk).

Synonyms

at the end of the day in short
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