in a word
Word Rarity
Common
Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.25 in modern English
11
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
prep_phrase
Example Sentences
- "Near-synonyms: all in all, altogether, briefly, concisely, in other words, in short, in sum, in total, overall, summarily; see also Thesaurus:in other words"
- "In order to deliver the news of Greek victory to Athens, Pheidippides covered the distance there from the plain of Marathon as quickly as his two legs could carry him, and did so without making any stops; in a word, he ran the entire distance."
- "Man, I got here by putting one foot in front of the other; in a word, I walked."
- "He was suspicious, standoffish, taciturn; in a word, hostile."
- "Susan soon discovered her blind date to be mean, vulgar, obstreperous, presuming, and insulting; in a word, a cad."
- "In a Word, to hint at no more Reaſons for his Conduct, Mr. Northerton was deſirous of departing that Evening, and nothing remained for him but to contrive the Quomodo, which appeared to be a Matter of ſome Difficulty."
Etymology
From earlier in a worde, perhaps an alteration of Middle English at a worde (“in short, briefly, in a word”).