Thesaurus / neat
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The liqueur also stands up well on its own, so sip it neat after dinner or drizzle it over a slice of cake or a scoop of vanilla ice cream for an unforgettable dessert.
WHY YOU SHOULD BE ADDING SALT TO YOUR COCKTAILSBY CÉLINE BOSSART/SAVEURSEPTEMBER 4, 2020POPULAR SCIENCE
Finally the hydrofoils started producing neat rings up to about a foot wide.
AN UNEXPECTED TWIST LIGHTS UP THE SECRETS OF TURBULENCEDAVID H. FREEDMANSEPTEMBER 3, 2020QUANTA MAGAZINE
I think it’s neat to see the trajectory for a lot of people when I talk to them about my book, the briefing, they’ll say, “I never realized how you got there or how someone could do that.”
FULL TRANSCRIPT: SEAN SPICER ON ‘THE CARLOS WATSON SHOW’DANIEL MALLOYAUGUST 26, 2020OZY
So I finally asked about it and he explained to me that it was a term of endearment that you might use for, you know, a romantic partner or a family member, um, even a co-worker or a pet and I just thought that was so neat.
HOW DO YOU USE THE TERM “SCHATZI”?CANDICE BRADLEYJUNE 27, 2020EVERYTHING AFTER Z
If they'd been white men I would probably have been curled in a neat heap within two hundred yards.
RAW GOLDBERTRAND W. SINCLAIR
Frulein Timm belongs to the single sisterhood, but is one of the fresh and placid kind, and as neat as wax.
MUSIC-STUDY IN GERMANYAMY FAY
In the yard, which was kept scrupulously neat, were flowers and plants of every description which flourishes in South Louisiana.
THE AWAKENING AND SELECTED SHORT STORIESKATE CHOPIN
Even with his tunic ripped down the front, he gave the impression of making it his life business to be neat.
FEE OF THE FRONTIERHORACE BROWN FYFE
But she looked neat and clean, and she certainly was determined not to enter the automobile if she could help it.
THE CAMPFIRE GIRLS OF ROSELAWNMARGARET PENROSE
Norman tarried to put his books into a neat leather case, and Ethel stood thinking.
THE DAISY CHAINCHARLOTTE YONGE
WORDS RELATED TO NEAT
- abrupt
- aphoristic
- boiled down
- breviloquent
- brusque
- clear-cut
- clipped
- close
- compact
- compendiary
- compendious
- concise
- condensed
- crisp
- cryptic
- curt
- cut to the bone
- elliptical
- epigrammatic
- exact
- gnomic
- in a nutshell
- incisive
- laconic
- lean
- neat
- pithy
- pointed
- precise
- sententious
- short and sweet
- snappy
- succinct
- summary
- taut
- to the point
- trenchant
- acceptable
- ace
- admirable
- agreeable
- bad
- boss
- bully
- capital
- choice
- commendable
- congenial
- crack
- deluxe
- entire
- excellent
- exceptional
- favorable
- first-class
- first-rate
- flawless
- gnarly
- gratifying
- great
- honorable
- intact
- marvelous
- neat
- nice
- perfect
- pleasing
- positive
- precious
- prime
- rad
- recherché
- reputable
- satisfactory
- satisfying
- select
- shipshape
- sound
- spanking
- splendid
- sterling
- stupendous
- super
- super-eminent
- super-excellent
- superb
- superior
- tip-top
- unblemished
- unbroken
- undamaged
- unharmed
- unhurt
- unimpaired
- uninjured
- up to snuff
- valuable
- welcome
- whole
- wonderful
- worthy
- antiseptic
- cleanly
- cleansed
- clear
- delicate
- dirtless
- elegant
- faultless
- flawless
- fresh
- graceful
- hygienic
- immaculate
- neat
- neat as a button
- neat as a pin
- orderly
- pure
- sanitary
- shining
- simple
- snowy
- sparkling
- speckless
- spic and span
- spotless
- squeaky
- stainless
- taintless
- tidy
- trim
- unblemished
- unpolluted
- unsmudged
- unspotted
- unstained
- unsullied
- untarnished
- vanilla
- washed
- well-kept
- white
- austere
- celibate
- clean
- continent
- controlled
- decent
- decorous
- elegant
- immaculate
- impotent
- inexperienced
- innocent
- intemerate
- modest
- monogamous
- moral
- neat
- nice
- platonic
- proper
- prudish
- pure
- quiet
- refined
- restrained
- simple
- spotless
- stainless
- subdued
- unaffected
- unblemished
- uncontaminated
- undefiled
- unstained
- unsullied
- unwed
- vestal
- virgin
- virtuous
- wholesome
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