neatly
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- adverb
- /ˈniːtli/
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ordenadamente
- She kept her room neatly organized, with everything in its proper place.
- fit neatly
- summarize neatly
- fall neatly into place
Because most people don't neatly fit into two camps.
- Because most people don't neatly fit into two camps.
- It did not neatly fit into any sort of like box.
- And it's it's, you know, the decision to like cut them neatly down the line.
- Very light wires that have that are capped at the ends neatly.
Examples
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You seem to be a personable enough young man, nicely spoken, neatly dressed in brand new country gentlemen's clothing.
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And I'll just rearrange things neatly on the screen.
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Anyway, it should fit really neatly on my head.
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And then you can see how neatly they finished.
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Yes, let's put that back neatly in its place.
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However, not every user study falls neatly into one of the three categories.
Academic text (2015) -
It was neatly done, sir.
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Mrs. Hogendobber's mail was on the top, neatly bound with a thick rubber band.
Fiction book (1991) -
Yet everything he owned was hanging neatly in his closet... and folded neatly in his footlocker.
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The papers were stacked neatly on the desk, making it easy to find what I needed.
Synonyms
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8.3
With great care and close attention to small details
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In an organized step by step way
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5.5
In a very clean and perfect way
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7.7
In a careful way that pays attention to small details and keeps things clean
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1.6
In a neat and organized way
Someone arranges things in a neat and tidy way
Antonyms
How Neat
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Neatly comes from the word neat, which originally meant 'clean' or 'well made', and adding -ly makes it describe how something is done. So neatly means doing something 'in a tidy, careful way'.