neat
adjective
in a pleasingly orderly and clean condition.
neatness
-
a word derived from
neat.
Example Sentences
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The cycle has closed with almost insulting neatness: a new intervention, a new moral vocabulary, a new consumer workaround — and Cartman, once again, looking for a way to change without changing very much.
From Salon ● Sep. 18, 2026
McCausland provided the width Cantwell struggled to deliver while Lawrence's distribution and neatness in possession was badly missed by the hosts in the first half.
From BBC ● Nov. 30, 2023
Carmichael complicates the neatness with which pop culture tends to treat this process.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 5, 2022
In tracing this idea to its grim conclusion, “The Card Counter” doesn’t escape a certain diagrammatic neatness.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2021
Even as I was still rather fanatically devoted to neatness, I was losing the battle.
From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama
