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neatly

Syllables: neat·ly/ˈniːtli/

neatly adverb: in a neat manner.

Adverb

neatly (comparative neatlier or more neatly, superlative neatliest or most neatly)

  1. In a neat manner.
    • I was delighted to see A Woman's Place take a stand against censorship. But I noted with some cynicism that the exhibit failed to include any of the numerous publications suppressed by institutions of the feminist community. It thus neatly avoided acknowledging the role being played by the women's...1984 December 22, Gayle Rubin, “Censored: Anti-Porn Laws And Women's Liberation”, in Gay Community News, volume 12, number 23, page 8

neatly meaning in Tamil, Marathi, Urdu and Malayalam

neatly in Tamil

நேர்த்தியாக

neatly in Marathi

neatly, properly
व्यवस्थित vyavasthit

neatly in Urdu

خوش اسلوبی سے, صفائی سے, ستھرائی سے

neatly in Malayalam

വൃത്തിയായി, വെടിപ്പായി
More languagesFewer languages
neatly in Kannada
ಅಚ್ಚುಕಟ್ಟಾಗಿ

Examples of neatly in a sentence

  • She organized her notes neatly on her desk before starting the project.
  • The executive board dovetailed its decision neatly with the prior projects the company had taken up.
  • The Early-Shovel engines fit neatly in the old Panhead swingframe (Duo Glide, Electra Glide).

All 40 example sentences with neatly

Forms of neatly

comparativeneatlier
comparativemore neatly
superlativeneatliest
superlativemost neatly

Origin of neatly

From neat + -ly.

Questions about neatly

What does neatly mean?
Neatly means in a neat manner.
What is neatly in Tamil?
Neatly in Tamil is நேர்த்தியாக. See Neatly meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is neatly?
Neatly is an adverb.
How do you pronounce neatly?
Neatly is pronounced /ˈniːtli/.

Words near neatly in the dictionary

  1. neatish
  2. neatlier
  3. neatliest
  4. neatline
  5. neatlines
  6. neatly
  7. neatness
  8. neatnesses
  9. neatnik
  10. neatniks
  11. neato

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: neatly (page history and authors); neatly (Tamil, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); व्यवस्थित (Marathi) (page history and authors); neatly (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); neatly (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); neatly (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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