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adjective
1.
in a pleasingly orderly and clean condition: a neat room.
2.
habitually orderly and clean in appearance or habits: a neat person.
3.
of a simple, pleasing appearance, style, design, etc.: a neat cottage.
4.
cleverly effective in character or execution: a neat scheme; a neat solution.
5.
EXPANDSlang. great; wonderful; fine: What a neat car!
adverb
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Informal. neatly.
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Neatly
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Origin:
1300–50; Middle English net spruce, trim, clean < Middle French < Latin nitidus shining, polished, handsome, spruce, equivalent to nit(ēre) to shine + -idus -id4
1300–50; Middle English net spruce, trim, clean < Middle French < Latin nitidus shining, polished, handsome, spruce, equivalent to nit(ēre) to shine + -idus -id4
Related forms
neat·ly, adverb
neat·ness, noun
Synonyms
1. spruce, smart. 4. finished, well-planned. 6. adroit. 7. unmixed, pure.
1. spruce, smart. 4. finished, well-planned. 6. adroit. 7. unmixed, pure.
Antonyms
1. sloppy. 6. maladroit. 7. mixed.
1. sloppy. 6. maladroit. 7. mixed.
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| neat1 (niːt) | |
| —adj | |
| 1. | clean, tidy, and orderly |
| 2. | liking or insisting on order and cleanliness; fastidious |
| 3. | smoothly or competently done; efficient: a neat job |
| 4. | pat or slick: his excuse was suspiciously neat |
| 5. | (of alcoholic drinks) without added water, lemonade, etc; undiluted |
| 6. | a less common word for net : neat profits |
| 7. | slang chiefly (US), (Canadian) good; pleasing; admirable |
| [C16: from Old French net, from Latin nitidus clean, shining, from nitēre to shine; related to Middle Irish niam beauty, brightness, Old Persian naiba- beautiful] | |
| 'neatly1 | |
| —adv | |
| 'neatness1 | |
| —n | |
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Word Origin & History
neat
1542, "clean, free from dirt," from Anglo-Fr. neit, from O.Fr. net "clear, pure," from L. nitidus "well-favored, elegant, trim," lit. "gleaming," from nitere "to shine," from PIE base *nei-/*ni- "to shine" (cf. M.Ir. niam "gleam, splendor," niamda "shining;" O.Ir. noib "holy," niab "strength;" Welsh
EXPAND nwyfiant "gleam, splendor"). Meaning "inclined to be tidy" is from 1577. Sense of "straight liquor" is c.1800, from meaning "unadulterated" (of wine), first attested 1579. Informal sense of "very good" first recorded 1934 in Amer.Eng.; variant neato is teenager slang, first recorded 1968. Neatnik "excessively tidy person" is from 1959 (see -nik).
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