neatly

adverb

neat·​ly

: in a neat manner

hair neatly combed

: tidily

neatly kept room

: deftly, cleverly

neatly removed the bones from the fish

Word History

Etymology

neat entry 2 + -ly

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Rhymes for neatly

• sweetly
• completely
• concretely
• discreetly
• discretely
• incompletely