open-and-shut
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adjectiveDefinition of OPEN-AND-SHUT
1
: perfectly simple : obvious
2
: easily settled <an open–and–shut case of grand larceny>
See First Known Use of OPEN-AND-SHUT
1841
Related to OPEN-AND-SHUT
- Synonyms
- apparent, bald, bald-faced, barefaced, bright-line, broad, clear-cut, crystal clear, decided, distinct, evident, lucid, luculent, luminous, manifest, nonambiguous, obvious, open-and-shut, palpable, patent, pellucid, perspicuous, plain, ringing, straightforward, transparent, unambiguous, unambivalent, unequivocal, unmistakable
- Antonyms
- ambiguous, clouded, cryptic, dark, enigmatic (also enigmatical), equivocal, indistinct, mysterious, nonobvious, obfuscated, obscure, unapparent, unclarified, unclear, unclouded
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