Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In a natty manner; with neatness; sprucely; tidily.
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- adverb In a
natty manner.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adverb in a natty manner; with smartness
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Examples
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"I love you, Marcus!" was shrieked repeatedly in the direction of the nattily dressed subject of many a schoolgirl crush.
Michael Bialas: Fathers, Mumford & Sons at Telluride Bluegrass Festival Michael Bialas 2011
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"I love you, Marcus!" was shrieked repeatedly in the direction of the nattily dressed subject of many a schoolgirl crush.
Michael Bialas: Fathers, Mumford & Sons at Telluride Bluegrass Festival Michael Bialas 2011
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There were tears aplenty at the amazing lyric vocals of young Prescott, and delighted smiles and laughter at Ahwatta, performing his original rap dressed quite nattily in blue suit, white shirt and tie.
Value Added 2009
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George, who had always been nattily attired, wore hand-tailored suits, Burberry coats, and Gucci shoes.
A Covert Affair Jennet Conant 2011
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At the age of 76, Bachardy remains preternaturally boyish – stooped, grey, but bright-eyed and eager-voiced, nattily casual in his dress, with a pair of red socks peeking out from under his corduroy jeans.
Christopher Isherwood remembered: 'Chris always loved young men, and I was certainly young' Peter Conrad 2010
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There were tears aplenty at the amazing lyric vocals of young Prescott, and delighted smiles and laughter at Ahwatta, performing his original rap dressed quite nattily in blue suit, white shirt and tie.
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It's not just that Weinstein -- at 26, bespectacled, thin as his bow and always nattily dressed in stylish but conservative suit with signature bowtie -- has impeccable control of his cooperative fiddle.
David Finkle: First Nighter: Genius Jazz Violinist Aaron Weinstein Meets Brilliant Jazz Singer Christine Ebersole in Dual Birdland Triumph David Finkle 2011
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Missing those nattily dressed men and women of a bygone modernist age, smoking and drinking their way through glamorous-seeming media jobs as dark clouds loom in their personal and professional lives?
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It culminated a chase across two continents, from an exclusive Sydney suburb where Mr. Peters, nattily garbed but wearing a balaclava helmet, allegedly fastened a black box around 18-year-old Madeleine Pulver's neck on Aug. 3, to Debra Peters' home in a quiet, upscale Kentucky neighborhood.
Australian 'Collar Bomb' Suspect Is Detained Shalini Ramachandran 2011
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And that's the part Ryan played this week in Tampa, nattily dressed in a sport-coat, tie and cap-toe shoes, "set" as he says in his native Texan, in the second row behind the dugout.
Is Nolan Ryan the Perfect Owner? Matthew Futterman 2011
karpkatamala commented on the word nattily
He is nattily attired in a white dress shirt with rolled-up sleeves and dark red suspenders.
January 18, 2018