cut-and-dried
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4.7
- adjective
- /ˈkʌt ənd draɪd/
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- The rules for the competition are very cut-and-dried, leaving no room for interpretation.
- cut-and-dried case
- cut-and-dried situation
- pretty cut-and-dried
Now, granted, I think certain things are more cut and dry.
- Now, granted, I think certain things are more cut and dry.
- And everything that it understands is clear, explicit, cut and dried.
- And the answer is nobody actually has a cut and dried way of doing this that everybody agrees with.
Examples
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I thought it was pretty cut and dried, but it isn't at all.
Blog text (18) -
But this situation here is not so cut and dried.
Blog text (30) -
Okay, that seems pretty cut and dried.
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But is this so cut and dried?
Academic text (2001) -
Well, yes, it is as cut and dried as that.
Blog text (23) -
But baseball is never so cut and dried as that.
Blog text (22) -
Mary, look, things aren't always so cut and dried as you are trying to make them out to be.
Blog text (27) -
The case was so cut and dried that even Uncle Myron, the world's worst lawyer, could get a conviction.
Fiction book (1994) -
If it's pretty cut-and-dried under the law, don't gripe about countries enforcing laws.
Blog text (11) -
Otherwise, we have a cut-and-dried case, and Hall's paycheck is anywhere from $25,000 to $50,000 lighter.
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Synonyms
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1.0
Simple and not decorated or flavored
27
4.2
Easy to see and understand
12
5.7
Very clear rules or limits that do not allow change
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6.5
Not original and very similar to many others
1
4.1
Clear and simple, not likely to change
1
4.0
With sharp edges and clear lines
Simple and plain with no extra things or decorations
Antonyms
How Clear
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5.6
8
4.7
99
3.7
∞
1.0
149
2.8
68
6.3
230
4.6
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Cut-and-dried comes from the way people cut and dry herbs so they are cut and dried and kept 'ready to use'. So a cut-and-dried idea or plan is 'settled', 'predictable', and not open to 'change'.