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neater

  • comparative of neat.

Example Sentences

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Why is your instinct as a musician to go for something neater?

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 17, 2025

Roger Rose, from Burton Latimer, where Kettering's ground is, is repairing a previous "chicken wire" fence with neater plastic mesh.

From BBC • Nov. 16, 2024

He was dressed in a suit and striped tie, with his once signature curly, unkempt hair cut into a neater trim.

From Reuters • Oct. 3, 2023

The options include: your wife learning to become a neater person, her letting her friend do her job, or you hiring someone else to clean.

From Slate • Apr. 7, 2023

I pick up the rake and start making the dead-leaf pile neater.

From "Speak" by Laurie Halse Anderson