 neat |
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| 1. | [ adjective ] clean or orderly | |
| Examples: | "her neat dress" "a neat room" |
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| Related terms: | tidy | |
| 2. | [ adjective ] showing care in execution | |
| Examples: | "neat homework" "neat handwriting" |
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| Related terms: | tidy | |
| 3. | [ adjective ] free from clumsiness; precisely or deftly executed | |
| Synonyms: | clean | |
| Examples: | "he landed a clean left on his opponent's cheek" "a clean throw" "the neat exactness of the surgeon's knife" |
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| Related terms: | adroit | |
| 4. | [ adjective ] free from what is tawdry or unbecoming | |
| Synonyms: | tasteful refined | |
| Examples: | "a neat style" "a neat set of rules" "she hated to have her neat plans upset" |
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| Related terms: | elegant | |
| 5. | [ adjective ] (informal) very good | |
| Synonyms: | great swell bully groovy cracking corking peachy keen nifty not_bad slap-up dandy smashing cool bang-up | |
| Examples: | "a bully pulpit" "a neat sports car" "had a great time at the party" "you look simply smashing" |
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| Related terms: | colloquialism good | |
| 6. | [ adjective ] without water | |
| Synonyms: | straight full-strength | |
| Examples: | "took his whiskey neat" |
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| Related terms: | undiluted | |
| 7. | [ adjective ] without water | |
| Synonyms: | full-strength straight | |
| Examples: | "took his whiskey neat" |
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| Related terms: | undiluted | |
| Similar spelling: |
net newt nett Neto Neth Neta Neda Netto Neida new_to Nettie Ned need Nedd |
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