in other words

1. Putting it differently, usually more simply or explicitly. For example, The weather was terrible, the plane took off several hours after the scheduled time, and then fog prevented their landing—in other words, they never got to the wedding at all. [Mid-1800s]

Example Sentences

A source close to the talks with the unions and business told me "you can't grid the negotiations" - in other words, the announcement couldn't be fitted into a neat government timetable.

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He was, in other words, a cruel man.

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Or, in other words, how was it that slavery became acceptable to so many in a country founded on principles of freedom and liberty?

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They were, in other words, using money with intention to secure what was important to them.

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They were, in other words, using money with intention to secure what was important to them.

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Related Words

• especially 
• i.e. 
• particularly 
• specially 
• specifically