Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • In a neat manner; with neatness, in any sense of that word.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adverb In a neat manner; tidily; tastefully.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adverb In a neat manner.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adverb with neatness

Etymologies

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neat +‎ -ly

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Examples

  • Smiling and whistling, Igor handed me Aunt Peg, now reduced to a square box with her name neatly printed on top.

    Chicken Soup for the Soul: Family Matters Jack Canfield 2010

  • Smiling and whistling, Igor handed me Aunt Peg, now reduced to a square box with her name neatly printed on top.

    Chicken Soup for the Soul: Family Matters Jack Canfield 2010

  • Smiling and whistling, Igor handed me Aunt Peg, now reduced to a square box with her name neatly printed on top.

    Chicken Soup for the Soul: Family Matters Jack Canfield 2010

  • Smiling and whistling, Igor handed me Aunt Peg, now reduced to a square box with her name neatly printed on top.

    Chicken Soup for the Soul: Family Matters Jack Canfield 2010

  • The pacing's solid pulp, and the title neatly fits in any noir collection.

    365 Reasons to Love Comics #321 | Comics Should Be Good! @ Comic Book Resources 2007

  • As with the four that had preceded it, the letter was addressed to Detective Stephen Louis Carella, the name neatly typewritten on the face of the envelope.

    Eight Black Horses Ed McBain 1985

  • The walls had been lined by the nuns with plain wooden shelves, and upon them were what seemed to be a thousand books, every one in a grey linen wrapper, with the title neatly written on a white label pasted on the back.

    Evelyn Innes 1892

  • For them, the term neatly encapsulates a narrative of moral degeneration that is so broad as to effectively include any representation or discussion of sex, sexuality and relationships, whatever the context.

    The Guardian World News James Gray 2010

  • The label neatly evades the question of whether having the government borrow money and spend it is actually a way of getting out of a recession-a claim for which evidence is distinctly thin.

    Libertarian Blog Place 2009

  • The label neatly evades the question of whether having the government borrow money and spend it is actually a way of getting out of a recession -- a claim for which evidence is distinctly thin.

    Ideas David Friedman 2009

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