In short
prep_phrase
prep_phrase ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adverb
- 1 in a concise manner; in a few words wordnet
Prep_phrase
- 1 As a summary; as a shortened version of what has been told or what would have been told.
"[H]e told me I did not treat him as if he was my husband, or talk of my children as if I was a mother; and, in short, that I did not deserve to be used as a wife."
Example
More examples"[H]e told me I did not treat him as if he was my husband, or talk of my children as if I was a mother; and, in short, that I did not deserve to be used as a wife."