IN SHORT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does in short mean? 

• IN SHORT (adverb)
  The adverb IN SHORT has 1 sense:

1. in a concise manner; in a few words

  Familiarity information: IN SHORT used as an adverb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• IN SHORT (adverb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

In a concise manner; in a few words

Synonyms:

briefly; concisely; in brief; in short; shortly

Context example:

to put it shortly

 Context examples 

On the third day, in short, as soon as she could be prevailed on, a physician attended her, a very respectable man, and one in whom she had always placed great confidence.

(Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen)

In short, when they come to the end of their own groove, they die.

(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)

My dear young friend, said Mr. Micawber, I am older than you; a man of some experience in life, and—and of some experience, in short, in difficulties, generally speaking.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

In short, I can feel no dependence on his coming, and I wish Mr. Weston were less sanguine.

(Emma, by Jane Austen)

Yes, the profession is well enough under two circumstances: if it make the fortune, and there be discretion in spending it; but, in short, it is not a favourite profession of mine.

(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)

In short, I began the process of ruining myself in the received style, like any other spoony.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

In short, the things he did were done because it was easier to do them than not to do them.

(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)

In short, it ended in a total breach.

(Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen)

Would you, in short, have renewed the engagement then?

(Persuasion, by Jane Austen)

Mrs. Hurst thought the same, and added: She has nothing, in short, to recommend her, but being an excellent walker.

(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)