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tout court

British  
/ tu kur /

adverb

  1. simply; briefly

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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By her own admission, Ms. Ypi receives a good deal of hate mail from her compatriots, who regard her failure to condemn communism tout court as a form of moral betrayal.

From The Wall Street Journal Nov. 30, 2025

This, again, leads us back to the Coens' central problem: their reflexivity as directors, making films of films rather than films tout court.

From The Guardian Feb. 11, 2011

He had known his gentle doom on the Friday; and her "Randal," tout court, sealed it, for never had she used his name so to him before.

From Ambrotox and Limping Dick by Fleming, Oliver

Both of you—you and Miss Andriaovsky, or Maschka as I call her, tout court.

From Widdershins by Onions, Oliver [pseud.]

Afterwards it struck him that she called him "Antony" tout court, like a grown person as she rushed to him.

From Fairfax and His Pride by Vorst, Marie Van

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