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  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Neat  \Neat\,  a.  [Compar.  {Neater};  superl.  {Neatest}.]  [OE. 
  nett,  F.  nett,  fr  L.  nitidus  fr  nitere  to  shine.  Cf 
  {Nitid},  {Net},  a.,  {Natty}.] 
  1.  Free  from  that  which  soils,  defiles,  or  disorders;  clean; 
  cleanly;  tidy. 
 
  If  you  were  to  see  her  you  would  wonder  what  poor 
  body  it  was  that  was  so  surprisingly  neat  and  clean. 
  --Law. 
 
  2.  Free  from  what  is  unbecoming,  inappropriate,  or  tawdry; 
  simple  and  becoming;  pleasing  with  simplicity;  tasteful; 
  chaste;  as  a  neat  style;  a  neat  dress. 
 
  3.  Free  from  admixture  or  adulteration;  good  of  its  kind  as 
  neat  brandy.  ``Our  old  wine  neat.''  --Chapman. 
 
  4.  Excellent  in  character,  skill,  or  performance,  etc.;  nice; 
  finished;  adroit;  as  a  neat  design;  a  neat  thief. 
 
  5.  With  all  deductions  or  allowances  made  net. 
 
  Note:  [In  this  sense  usually  written  {net}.  See  {Net},  a., 
  3.] 
 
  {neat  line}  (Civil  Engin.),  a  line  to  which  work  is  to  be 
  built  or  formed. 
 
  {Neat  work},  work  built  or  formed  to  neat  lines. 
 
  Syn:  Nice;  pure;  cleanly;  tidy;  trim;  spruce.




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