nattily
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7.3
- adverb
- /ˈnæt̬.ɪ.li/
:
con elegancia
- He arrived at the gala nattily dressed in a tuxedo and polished shoes.
- nattily dressed
- nattily attired
- nattily dressed
Examples
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Instead, after hanging her car keys up on the pegboard just inside the kitchen doorway, she wandered into the living room, where she found a showered, shaved, and nattily dressed Brandon Walker sitting on the couch reading a newspaper.
Fiction book (2000) -
Nattily attired, Raden jumped from a chair and strode to meet her.
Fiction book (2001) -
Next to him, a nattily attired middle-aged man plays the organ.
Academic text (1994) -
While JIMMY is dressed like a truck driver, TOMMY is very nattily dressed in a sharply cut suit and highly buffed shoes.
Fiction book (1990) -
It seems that the nattily dressed old couple had flown into Chattanooga by way of Atlanta.
Fiction book (1991) -
I swiveled to find a nattily dressed, very round, very short man cradling an electronic book reader and a tall cup of tea.
Blog text (26) -
A nattily dressed footman was leaning across the counter, saying something to the shopgirl.
Fiction book (1992) -
The lights came up to reveal a seated, nattily-attired Tyson in silhouette, as Nat King Cole's "Nature Boy" played in the background.
Blog text (5) -
He looks at a framed photo of Kay with the late Lou Levitz—squat, bald, nattily dressed.
Fiction book (1992) -
Dr. Lerner was a large, muscular bulldog of a man, entirely bald, dressed nattily in a suit of teal-blue silk and a white wool turtleneck.
Fiction book (1996)
Synonyms
22
3.9
In a graceful and stylish way
14
2.9
In a stylish way that follows what is popular now
11
3.9
In a way that looks elegant and not showy in clothes or rooms
5
3.5
In a neat, stylish way especially about clothes
4
3.5
In a fashionable and elegant way
3
2.3
In a way that looks nice
1
7.0
In a stylish, confident way that makes someone look attractive
1
3.7
In a very attractive and exciting way
1
5.0
In a stylish and elegant way
1
7.2
In a polite and elegant way
In a neat, stylish way, especially in how someone dresses
In a smart, stylish way
Quickly in a stylish, lively way
Someone arranges things in a neat and tidy way
In a way that shows good taste and polite manners
Antonyms
How Stylish
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word nattily comes from natty, a casual word for being smart and tidy, and a helpful way to remember it is to think of natty as like neat, which means 'tidy' or 'smart'. So, to do something nattily is to do it in a neat, stylish way.