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nattiness

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nat⋅ty

  [nat-ee]
–adjective, -ti⋅er, -ti⋅est.
neatly or trimly smart in dress or appearance; spruce: a natty white uniform.
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Origin:
1775–85; perh. var. of neat 1 + -y 1

Related forms:
nat⋅ti⋅ly, adverb
nat⋅ti⋅ness, noun
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nat·ty   (nāt'ē)   
adj.   nat·ti·er, nat·ti·est
Neat, trim, and smart; dapper.

[Perhaps variant of obsolete netty, from net, elegant, from Middle English, from Old French; see neat1.]
nat'ti·ly adv., nat'ti·ness n.
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Word Origin & History

natty 
1785, "neat, smart," originally slang, perhaps an altered form of 16c. nettie "neat, natty," from M.E. net "pure, fine, elegant" (see neat).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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