If you were to see her, you would wonder what poor
body it was that was so surprisingly neat and clean.
--Law.
2. Free from what is unbecoming, inappropriate, or tawdry;
simple and becoming; pleasing with simplicity; tasteful;
chaste; as, a neat style; a neat dress.
3. Free from admixture or adulteration; good of its kind; as,
neat brandy. ``Our old wine neat.'' --Chapman.
4. Excellent in character, skill, or performance, etc.; nice;
finished; adroit; as, a neat design; a neat thief.
5. With all deductions or allowances made; net.
Note: [In this sense usually written {net}. See {Net}, a.,
3.]
{neat line} (Civil Engin.), a line to which work is to be
built or formed.
{Neat work}, work built or formed to neat lines.
Syn: Nice; pure; cleanly; tidy; trim; spruce.