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How to pronounce neat in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms clean


the neat exactness of the surgeon's knife.
Type Words
Synonyms orderly
Derivation neatness


her neat dress.
a neat room.
Type Words
Synonyms facile, slick


it was a neat plan, but bound to fail.
Type Words
Synonyms bang-up, bully, corking, cracking, dandy, great, groovy, keen, nifty, not bad, old, peachy, slap-up, smashing, swell


a neat sports car.
Type Words
Synonyms full-strength, straight


took his whiskey neat.
Type Words
Derivation neatness


neat homework.
neat handwriting.

Examples of neat

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In their place is a short, neat bob that has a purpose beyond lower maintenance.
From the denverpost.com
Dumping the first lot to realize a huge loss looks like a neat way to cut taxes.
From the businessweek.com
There was a neat leg glance which owed much to a precise eye and deft wristwork.
From the telegraph.co.uk
From my point of view, he was just a friend and it was a really neat friendship.
From the nzherald.co.nz
You can drink it neat and very cold, but it is far better made into long drinks.
From the telegraph.co.uk
A neat exchange by Jordan Crane and Tom Johnson carved out Benjamin's first try.
From the telegraph.co.uk
That's because character recognition software needs a neat 2D image of the text.
From the newscientist.com
A neat passing move on the edge of the box finished with Davis rattling the bar.
From the thisislocallondon.co.uk
Remember, the key is to keep appearances simple and neat when staging your home.
From the tennessean.com
More examples
  • Clean or organized; "her neat dress"; "a neat room"
  • Showing care in execution; "neat homework"; "neat handwriting"
  • Free from what is tawdry or unbecoming; "a neat style"; "a neat set of rules"; "she hated to have her neat plans upset"
  • Clean: free from clumsiness; precisely or deftly executed; "he landed a clean left on his opponent's cheek"; "a clean throw"; "the neat exactness of the surgeon's knife"
  • Bang-up: very good; "he did a bully job"; "a neat sports car"; "had a great time at the party"; "you look simply smashing"
  • Without water; "took his whiskey neat"
  • In bartending, the term straight up (or up) refers to an alcoholic drink that is shaken or stirred with ice, strained, and served in a stemmed glass.
  • Neat is a Canadian television series, which airs on HGTV in Canada and formerly on Discovery Home in the United States. ...
  • (Neatly) Orderliness is associated with other qualities such as cleanliness and diligence - and the desire for order and symmetry, and is generally considered to be a desirable quality.