Definition of neath
1. neat [ a ] clean or orderly
Examples:
"her neat dress"
"a neat room"
(Robert A. Futterman, The Future of Our Cities....)
And wherever the new thruways go_up their banks are lined by neat glass and metal and colored brick light industry .
(Bruce Palmer, "My Brother's Keeper", Many Are...)
They were stocky men , well_fed and clean-shaven , with neat uniforms and sturdy boots .
(Jane Gilmore Rushing, "Against the Moon,"...)
She had made curtains for all the windows of her little house , and she had kept it spotless and neat , shabby as it was , and cooked good meals for Bobby_Joe .
(Sallie Bingham, "Moving Day," The Atlantic...)
Still , he had liked the way she had looked , in a fresh , neat cotton dress - citron yellow , if he remembered .
(Octavia Waldo, A Cup of the Sun....)
He knew at a glance that the biggest sandals belonged to Niobe , the neatest ones to Concetta , and the laced ones to Romeo , Concetta 's idiot brother .
Synonyms neat Related Terms tidy2. neat [ a ] showing care in execution
Examples:
"neat homework"
"neat handwriting"
(Marvin Schiller, "The Sheep's in the Meadow,"...)
My memory has catalogued for easy reference and withdrawal the image of her pink , scented stationery and the unsloped , almost printed configurations of her neat , studious handwriting with which she invited me to recall our summer , so many sentences beginning with `` Remember when '' ; and_others concerning camp friends who resided in her suburban neighborhood , and news of her commencing again her piano_lessons , her private_school , a visit to Boston to see her grandparents and an uncle who was a surgeon returned on furlough , wounded , from the war in Europe .
Synonyms neat Related Terms tidy3. neat [ a ] free from clumsiness; precisely or deftly executed
Examples:
"he landed a clean left on his opponent's cheek"
"a clean throw"
"the neat exactness of the surgeon's knife"
(Musical America, LXXXI:5...)
Compare the vast difference in scope and beauty between his neat and witty little Classical_Symphony and his big , muscular , passionate , and eloquent Fifth_Symphony ; or the Love_for_Three_Oranges ( gay as it is ) with the wonderful , imaginative , colorful , and subtle tenderness of the magnificent ballet , The Stone_Flower .
Synonyms neat clean Related Terms adroit4. neat [ a ] free from what is tawdry or unbecoming
Examples:
"a neat style"
"a neat set of rules"
"she hated to have her neat plans upset"
5. neat [ a ] (informal) very good
Examples:
"a bully pulpit"
"a neat sports car"
"had a great time at the party"
"you look simply smashing"
6. neat [ a ] without water
Examples:
"took his whiskey neat"
7. neat [ a ] without water
Examples:
"took his whiskey neat"
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