Neatly

Examples

• There were only these few words in her neatly flowing hand:-- I have told Mrs. Casaubon. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• They wore a good deal of hair, not very neatly turned up behind, and were rather untidy about the shoes and stockings. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
• This remark he offers like a most respectable tradesman anxious to execute an order neatly and to the perfect satisfaction of his customer. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• Although she is dressed very neatly, her clothes show a sad want of taste in colour and pattern. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• Fill the space between the two with sawdust packed closely and cover with a heavy lid made to fit neatly inside the larger box. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
• Then I made one, and Charley made one, and the pen wouldn't join Charley's neatly, but twisted it up into a knot. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• I went up the next by-street, took off my waistcoat, rolled it neatly under my arm, and came back to the shop door. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• And by the sermon-book was the Observer newspaper, damp and neatly folded, and for Sir Pitt's own private use. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• Precisely; you cannot conceive, said Mrs. Garth, cutting her words as neatly as possible. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• He was plainly but neatly dressed, and his age, I should judge, would be nearer forty than thirty. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
• It was tastefully though economically furnished, and very neatly arranged. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• Everything shall be put neatly, and everything shall be put in its place. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• He stood grasping his light valise in one neatly gloved hand, and gazing anxiously, perplexedly, almost appealingly, into Archer's face. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
• Their cardboard boxes were wrapped and tied neatly with waxed twine. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
• Never was better claret at any man's table than at honest Rawdon's; dinners more gay and neatly served. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• Till now she had done well, been prudent and exact, kept her little account books neatly, and showed them to him monthly without fear. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• The Count stopped again and entered a small optician's shop, with an inscription in the window announcing that repairs were neatly executed inside. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• Major Dobbin made his appearance the next morning very neatly shaved and dressed, according to his wont. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• When it was written she blotted it neatly and handed it to Archer. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
• He therefore withdrew the fraternal railing, and neatly said that he thought he would, with submission, take his leave. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• I see a young lady who pins her collar straight, laces her boots neatly, and neither whistles, talks slang, nor lies on the rug as she used to do. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• Bar tendered the weather, as a subject neatly aloof from official reserve, for the Foreman's consideration. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• In one corner of it stood a bed, covered neatly with a snowy spread; and by the side of it was a piece of carpeting, of some considerable size. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• With the cradle the cut swath could be laid down neatly for drying preparatory to being bound into bundles. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• Following the memorandum as our guide, we next laid my stick in the necessary direction, as neatly as we could, on the uneven surface of the rocks. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• End to end they lay, and so they just bridged the street neatly, from gutter to gutter. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• Mr. Weller in reply pointed to various packages which he had arranged, as neatly as he could, in a corner of the room. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• You like things to be neatly booked. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• Little Dorrit had finished a long day's work in Mrs Clennam's room, and was neatly gathering up her shreds and odds and ends before going home. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• It's neatly done, too. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.

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