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Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

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9 words match “NEATLY”

NEATLY adv.
In a neat manner; tidily; tastefully.
BOX n.
A small country house. "A shooting box." Wilson. Tight boxes neatly sashed. Cowper.
CLEANLY adv.
In a clean manner; neatly. He was very cleanly dressed. Dickens.
COMPTLY adv.
Neatly. [Obs.] Sherwood.
DEFTLY adv.
Aptly; fitly; dexterously; neatly. "Deftly dancing." Drayton. Thyself and office deftly show. Shak.
FEATLY adv.
Neatly; dexterously; nimbly. [Archaic] Foot featly here and there. Shak.
FETISELY adv.
Neatly; gracefully; properly. [Obs.] Chaucer.
JOINT v.
To fit as if by joints; to coalesce as joints do; as, the stones joint, neatly.
POINT v.
To cut, as a surface, with a pointed tool. To point a rope (Naut.), to taper and neatly finish off the end by interweaving the nettles. -- To point a sail (Naut.), to affix points through the eyelet holes of the reefs. -- To point off, to divide into periods or groups, or to separate, by pointing, as figures. -- To…