neat

Definitions

1. 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. 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. 3.Free from admixture or adulteration; good of its kind; as, neat brandy. "Our old wine neat." Chapman.
4. 4.Excellent in character, skill, or performance, etc.; nice; finished; adroit; as, a neat design; a neat thief.
5. 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. 'NEATH 'Neath ( or , prep. & adv. An abbreviation of Beneath. [Poetic]

Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).

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Definition-first questions whose answer is neat.

• What is 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 called?
• What is free from what is unbecoming, inappropriate, or tawdry; simple and becoming; pleasing with simplicity; tasteful; chaste; as, a neat style; a neat dress called?
• What is free from admixture or adulteration; good of its kind; as, neat brandy. "Our old wine neat." Chapman called?
• What is excellent in character, skill, or performance, etc.; nice; finished; adroit; as, a neat design; a neat thief called?