neatly

«neatly» in Mova's school dictionary: in a tidy, careful way, with everything in order — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

adverb (neatly, more neatly)

meaning for a pupil

1) Neatly means in a tidy, careful way, with everything in order. tree →

2) Neatly can mean cleverly and skilfully, with no fuss, like a problem neatly solved. tree →

sense in the lessons

In school: «write neatly», «fold your clothes neatly», «set out your working neatly» — neat layout in maths helps you and the teacher see each step and spot mistakes (line up digits in columns). In everyday life: neatly made beds, neatly packed bags. Phrases: «write neatly», «neatly folded», «neatly dressed», «fit neatly».

examples

• Please write neatly in your book. tree →
• She folded her clothes neatly. tree →
• Line up the numbers neatly in columns before you add. tree →
• The books were stacked neatly on the shelf. tree →
• He was neatly dressed for the photo. tree →
• The puzzle piece fitted neatly into place. tree →
• The cat neatly jumped onto the wall. tree →
• Tidy your desk neatly before you go home. tree →
• No six men could have divided the herd so neatly. tree →

note

Adjective: «neat» (a neat bedroom); noun: «neatness». Opposite: «messily, untidily». In US slang «neat» can also mean «cool, great».

In the corpora

• Then he heaves a long, long sigh, flattens his hair down neatly, and goes quietly downstairs to his guests.
• At a funeral you dress neatly, stay quiet and follow the family's lead.
• At a funeral or memorial, dress neatly, stay quiet and follow the family's lead, because people are sad.
• He said sorry, paid for a new book from his pocket money and copied his work neatly into it.
• A smooth shiny surface like a mirror reflects light neatly, so we see a clear picture in it.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «neatly» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.