nattily
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a word derived from
natty.
nattyadjectiveneatly or trimly smart in dress or appearance; spruce.
Example Sentences
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And the nattily dressed people of Katz’s paintings weren’t necessarily rich — at the time, that’s how artists attired themselves.
From New York Times ● Aug. 18, 2022
And in 1915, a monkey dressed nattily in men’s clothes — for which I could find no explanation, which was very shoddy journalism indeed — found an unlatched cage door and went walkabout.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 20, 2021
Let this be a comfort: They are nattily dressed.
From Slate ● Jul. 6, 2021
Visiting the shoots at Winchester and Wrotham Park, I meet a man whom everyone on the show calls “Major David”, a nattily dressed figure in tweeds and a tie.
From The Guardian ● Sep. 7, 2019
The people waiting out front had been nattily dressed, after all.
From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood
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