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neatness

neatness noun: the state of being neat.

Noun

neatness (countable and uncountable, plural neatnesses)

  1. The state of being neat.
    • Both engines and carriages were maintained in admirable cleanliness, and a very high standard of neatness characterised the permanent way and lineside buildings.1946 May and June, J. Alan Rannie, “The Midland of 35 Years Ago”, in Railway Magazine, page 137

neatness meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Malayalam and Kannada

neatness in Tamil

செப்பம், செம்மை, துப்புரவு, தூய்மை

neatness in Urdu

neatness
اجلاپن ujlā pan

neatness in Malayalam

ശുദ്ധി, വൃത്തി, വെടിപ്പ്

neatness in Kannada

ಗರಗರಿಕೆ, ಅಚ್ಚುಕಟ್ಟುತನ, ಸವಱು, ಸವಸು, ಸ್ವಚ್ಛತೆ

Examples of neatness in a sentence

  • I am slightly skeptical about the neatness of these edifyings in the play.
  • Mothers everywhere are enthusiastic about the way they fit! their neatness and comfort to baby.
  • When great neatness is desired a line is flemished down.

All 12 example sentences with neatness

Forms of neatness

pluralneatnesses

Origin of neatness

From neat + -ness.

Questions about neatness

What does neatness mean?
Neatness means the state of being neat.
What is neatness in Tamil?
Neatness in Tamil is செப்பம், செம்மை, துப்புரவு. See Neatness meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is neatness?
Neatness is a noun.
What is the plural of neatness?
The plural of neatness is neatnesses.

Words near neatness in the dictionary

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

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: neatness (page history and authors); neatness (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); اجلاپن (Urdu) (page history and authors); neatness (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); neatness (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). 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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