in a word

Prepositional phrase

 * 1)  In summarization: briefly, concisely, summarily, in short; to sum up
 * 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.
 * 1)  In summation: all in all, altogether, in total, overall, to sum up
 * 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.
 * Susan soon discovered her blind date to be mean, vulgar, obstreperous, presuming, and insulting; in a word, a cad.

Translations

 * Azerbaijani: əlqərəz, xülasə, sözün qısası, müxtəsər, bir sözlə
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Finnish: sanalla sanottuna, lyhyesti sanoen
 * French:
 * Icelandic: í stuttu máli, í einu orði, í einu orði sagt
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese: numa palavra
 * Russian: одни́м сло́вом