cut-and-dried


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cut-and-dried

(kŭt′n-drīd′) also cut-and-dry (-drī′)
adj.
1. Prepared and arranged in advance; settled.
2. Ordinary; routine: cut-and-dried dialogue.
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cut′-and-dried′

or cut′-and-dry′,



adj.
1. prepared or settled in advance; not needing much thought or discussion.
2. lacking in originality or spontaneity; routine.
[1700–10]
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Adj.1.cut-and-dried - according to ordinary expectations
cut-and-dry
ordinary - not exceptional in any way especially in quality or ability or size or degree; "ordinary everyday objects"; "ordinary decency"; "an ordinary day"; "an ordinary wine"
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cut-and-dried

adjective
Being of no special quality or type:
average, common, commonplace, formulaic, garden, garden-variety, indifferent, mediocre, ordinary, plain, routine, run-of-the-mill, standard, stock, undistinguished, unexceptional, unremarkable.
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Translations

cut-and-dried

[ˌkʌtənˈdraɪd] cut-and-dry [ˌkʌtənˈdraɪ] ADJ [answer] → concreto; [situation, issue] → definido, claro
this situation is not as cut-and-dried as it may seem → la situación no está tan definida or clara como podría parecer
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

cut-and-dried

adj (fig) → festgelegt; cut-and-dried opinions → festgelegte Meinungen pl; as far as he’s concerned the whole issue is now cut-and-dried → für ihn ist die ganze Angelegenheit erledigt; it’s not quite cut-and-dried → so eindeutig ist das nicht
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

cut-and-dried

[ˌkʌtənˈdraɪd] adj (also cut-and-dry) (fig) → assodato/a
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
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