CUT-AND-DRY Synonyms

• having or feeling no doubt or uncertainty; confident and assured

• established beyond doubt or question; definitely known

• certain to occur; destined or inevitable

• established irrevocably

• definite but not specified or identified

• reliable in operation or effect

• exercising or taking care great enough to bring assurance

• clearly or sharply defined to the mind

• having had all the trees removed at one time

• clear and distinct to the senses; easily perceptible

• remove all the trees at one time

• forming an end or termination; especially putting an end to doubt or question

• determining or having the power to determine an outcome

• characterized by decision and firmness

• unmistakable

• forming or having the nature of a turning point or crisis

• precise; explicit and clearly defined

• known for certain

• clearly revealed to the mind or the senses or judgment

• capable of being seen or noticed

• a customs document listing the contents put on a ship or plane

• clearly revealed to the mind or the senses or judgment

• provide evidence for; stand as proof of; show by one's behavior, attitude, or external attributes

• record in a ship's manifest

• reveal its presence or make an appearance

• easily perceived and understood

• not elaborate or elaborated; simple

• lacking patterns especially in color

• extensive tract of level open land

• a basic knitting stitch made by putting the needle through the front of the stitch from the lefthand side

• unmistakably (`plain' is often used informally for `plainly')

• clearly revealed to the mind or the senses or judgment

• not mixed with extraneous elements

• free from any effort to soften to disguise

• lacking embellishment or ornamentation

• lacking in physical beauty or proportion

• express complaints, discontent, displeasure, or unhappiness

• evident without proof or argument

• having few parts; not complex or complicated or involved

• (botany) of leaf shapes; of leaves having no divisions or subdivisions

• any herbaceous plant having medicinal properties

• a person lacking intelligence or common sense

• easy and not involved or complicated

• apart from anything else; without additions or modifications

• exhibiting childlike simplicity and credulity

• lacking mental capacity and subtlety

• unornamented

• free from ambiguity

• without evasion or compromise

• without concealment or deception; honest

• pointed directly ahead

• transmitting light; able to be seen through with clarity

• so thin as to transmit light

• free of deceit

• easily understood or seen through (because of a lack of subtlety)

• having or exhibiting a single clearly defined meaning

• admitting of no doubt or misunderstanding; having only one meaning or interpretation and leading to only one conclusion

• against which no argument can be made

• not possible to deny

• admitting of no doubt or misunderstanding; having only one meaning or interpretation and leading to only one conclusion

• clearly defined or formulated

• clearly evident to the mind

• clearly revealed to the mind or the senses or judgment

• according to ordinary expectations