natty
Use Natty in a sentence
i adjective, nat·ti·er, nat·ti·est.
neatly or trimly smart in dress or appearance; spruce: a natty white uniform.
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| —adj , -tier, -tiest | |
| informal smart in appearance or dress; spruce; dapper: a natty outfit | |
| [C18: perhaps from obsolete netty, from net | |
| 'nattily | |
| —adv | |
| 'nattiness | |
| —n | |
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Natty
is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
| an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle. |
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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).
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Example sentences
Taking its cues from fashion, the home furnishings industry is suiting up in lengths of urbane cloth steeped in natty patterns.
Penguins are not people, despite their natty appearance and upright ambulation.
They will match up the gloves and sell the natty new pairs, giving the proceeds to charity.
And he keeps on being natty, naughty and nifty to the end.
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