Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: neat
IPA transcription: [n'it]
adverb meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: neat, orderly
    Meaning: clean or organized; "her neat dress"; "a neat room"
  • Synonyms: neat
    Meaning: showing care in execution; "neat homework"; "neat handwriting"
  • Synonyms: neat, refined, tasteful
    Meaning: free from what is tawdry or unbecoming; "a neat style"; "a neat set of rules"; "she hated to have her neat plans upset"
  • Synonyms: clean, neat
    Meaning: free from clumsiness; precisely or deftly executed; "he landed a clean left on his opponent's cheek"; "a clean throw"; "the neat exactness of the surgeon's knife"
Usage examples
  • Other clothes lay on the floor in neat piles.
  • "What say you to a neat's foot?" said the servant.
  • "Now Mr. Woodchuck was a worker and very, very neat.
  • On Brion's desk when he came in, were two neat piles of paper.
  • When Louis came home he discovered a neat heap reposing on his table.
  • The children were soon seated on cushions in the neat little shallow punt.
  • He was clean and neat as usual, with his green neckcloth and his coral pin.
  • Meshkovsky, a neat, frail little man, was coming down the hall, looking worried.
  • "I'll have half-a-crown's worth of brandy, neat, if you please, miss," he responded.
  • The sign was newly painted; the windows had neat red curtains; the floor was cleanly sanded.