natty
adjective
neatly or trimly smart in dress or appearance; spruce.
nattily
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a word derived from
natty.
Example Sentences
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He was also terribly distingué, standing more than six feet tall, nattily attired in tailored suits, ascots and polished shoes, his proper English accent softened to a buttery hush.
From New York Times ● Apr. 5, 2023
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
On her way to the washhouse one morning after breakfast Fujiko had seen her middle daughter—she was only fourteen—standing in a group that included four boys dressed nattily in Eisenhower jackets.
From "Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel" by David Guterson
