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Meaning of cut and dry | Babel Free

Adjective CEFR C1

Definitions

Adjective. [C1]

Examples

“Just because it is all cut⟳ and dry. Just because it is ready-made. Just because it lies there in reliable, convenient and logical propositions. The moment you appropriate truth in such a shape⟳ you appropriate a form⟳. You cannot cut⟳ and dry truth. You cannot accept⟳ truth ready-made without it ceasing to nourish the soul as the truth.”
“Nowadays, thanks to the irrepressible rise⟳ of content marketing, SEO's cut⟳ and dry quantitative approach⟳ is evolving to incorporate its opposite number⟳: quality.”

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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See also

cut and sew cut down cut from the same cloth cut out cut short cut throat

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