Usually means: Concisely summarizing the main points.
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  1. in a nutshell: Merriam-Webster
  2. in a nutshell: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. in a nutshell: Collins English Dictionary
  4. in a nutshell: Vocabulary.com
  5. in a nutshell: Wordnik
  6. in a nutshell: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  7. in a nutshell: Wiktionary
  8. in a nutshell: Dictionary.com
  9. In a Nutshell: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  10. in a nutshell: Rhymezone
  11. in a nutshell: FreeDictionary.org
  12. in a nutshell: Mnemonic Dictionary
  13. Nutshell, In A: The Word Detective
  14. in a nutshell: TheFreeDictionary.com
  15. in a nutshell: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

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  1. in a nutshell: Idioms

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  1. in a nutshell: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (in a nutshell)

▸ adverb:  (idiomatic) In summary; briefly or simply.

Similar:
in brief, briefly, summarily, simplistically, succinctly, in summary, concisely, tersely, condensedly, shortly, more...

Opposite:
in detail, extensively, elaborately

Phrases:
to be in a nutshell, The Universe in a Nutshell, put in a nutshell, more...

Adjectives:
brief, shortform, objective, summary, one-shot, career, uptodate, on, current, put together, mean

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Similar:
in brief, briefly, summarily, simplistically, succinctly, in summary, concisely, tersely, condensedly, shortly, more...

Opposite:
in detail, extensively, elaborately

Phrases:
to be in a nutshell, The Universe in a Nutshell, put in a nutshell, more...

Adjectives:
brief, shortform, objective, summary, one-shot, career, uptodate, on, current, put together, mean



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