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–adjective, -ti·er, -ti·est.

neatly or trimly smart in dress or appearance; spruce: a natty white uniform.

[Origin: 1775–85; perh. var. of neat¹ + -y¹

]

—Related forms

nat·ti·ly, adverb

nat·ti·ness, noun

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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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1785, "neat, smart," originally slang, perhaps an altered form of 16c. nettie "neat, natty," from M.E. net "pure, fine, elegant" (see neat).

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