Neatness
['nitnɪs]
Definition
(n.) The state or quality of being neat.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Cleanness, cleanliness, tidiness.[2]. Nicety, spruceness, trimness.[3]. Chasteness, simplicity.
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Examples
- He wrote with extraordinary neatness. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- I should like her to see the place as it is just now; its brilliant cleanliness and perfect neatness are so much to your credit. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- She also is dressed with great neatness, and her white, delicate hands betray very little acquaintance with servile toil. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- Instantly, Miss Skiffins stopped it with the neatness of a placid boxer, took off that girdle or cestus as before, and laid it on the table. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- Employ tact and neatness, and you will be surprised at the result. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- He was plainly dressed, but he had a noticeable air of neatness about him. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Hence he could not be rushed or broken in receiving, while he could turn out copy that was a marvel of neatness and clearness. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- I know the military neatness which characterises you. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- Janet was a pretty blooming girl, of about nineteen or twenty, and a perfect picture of neatness. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- As soon as the paper was sent out upon its travels, the two officers resumed their former quiet work of writing with neatness and care. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Mr Venus takes from a corner by his chair, the bones of a leg and foot, beautifully pure, and put together with exquisite neatness. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- As the printing is done directly from the type, the letters are formed with sharp and clear outlines that give beauty and neatness to the print. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
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