Meaning & use
cut-and-dry
Simple, clear, and completely settled, with no room for doubt or discussion.
See it in a sentence
The rules for the competition are cut-and-dry, so there's no point arguing about them.
Unfortunately, the legal question was not as cut-and-dry as the lawyers had hoped.
A note on using this word
The more traditionally standard form is cut-and-dried; cut-and-dry is a widespread variant some style guides still consider nonstandard.
Words with a similar meaning
clear-cutstraightforward
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