neatly


Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
neat1
adjective
  • 1 in good order; tidy or carefully arranged.
  • 2 done with or demonstrating skill or efficiency.
  • 3 (of a drink of spirits) not diluted or mixed with anything else.
  • 4 N. Amer. informal excellent.
– derivatives
neaten verb,
neatly adverb,
neatness noun.
– origin C15: from Fr. net, from L. nitidus ‘shining’; rel. to net2.



Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
neat2
noun archaic a bovine animal or animals.
– origin OE, of Gmc origin.
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