(n. sing. & pl.) Cattle of the genus Bos, as distinguished from horses, sheep, and goats; an animal of the genus Bos; as, a neat's tongue; a neat's foot.
(n.) Of or pertaining to the genus Bos, or to cattle of that genus; as, neat cattle.
(a.) Free from that which soils, defiles, or disorders; clean; cleanly; tidy.
(a.) Free from what is unbecoming, inappropriate, or tawdry; simple and becoming; pleasing with simplicity; tasteful; chaste; as, a neat style; a neat dress.
(a.) Free from admixture or adulteration; good of its kind; as, neat brandy.
(a.) Excellent in character, skill, or performance, etc.; nice; finished; adroit; as, a neat design; a neat thief.
(a.) With all deductions or allowances made; net. [In this sense usually written net. See Net, a., 3.]
Example Sentences:
(1) His bracelets and his hair, neatly gathered in a colourful elasticated band, contrast with his unflashy day-to-day uniform of checked shirts, jeans or cheap chinos and trainers.
(2) Ms neatly sidesteps the question of whether or not you are married.
(3) This instrument, a modification of a corneal trephine, provides a neat, smooth groove of adjustable depth.
(4) But it's still a neat model to watch – and admire.
(5) Pitched as a "smart" calendar, it's easy to create appointments and events, and ties in neatly with the developer's separate Any.do to-do lists app.
(6) Whether your greatest need is to have a neatly typed letter or an accurately aged accounts receivable report, or it's critical that you create an electronic medical record for decision support, the computer in the medical workplace should: 1.
(7) That would neatly end the “fellow traveller” veto, by putting both of the EU’s rogue states in special measures.
(8) His neat nails were polished like pebbles and his voice had a soothing, almost balsamic, tone.
(9) Toure then lofts a very neat ball over the defence and, though two City players are offside, Aguero is on.
(10) Addition of albumin to the serum inhibited the reactivity with both neat and drug-treated serum.
(11) Taylor, a sixty-something man with a neatly trimmed beard and a palpable pride in his business, has made "a couple of small sales" so far today, but footfall in the town is pretty underwhelming, and, in the market, almost non-existent.
(12) On one side of the road stands an orderly row of RDP houses, their gable ends neatly rendered in pastel shades of peach and tangerine.
(13) If his life unspools in the arch, neat fashion of one of his movies then the director Wes Anderson , who'll turn 45 this spring, is halfway through.
(14) It is related to physical and physiological factors that derive from the volume of tissue transplanted, the neatness of its fit into the wound, its supportive facilities, its functional activity, its relation to gravity, and the effect of its perimeter scar tissue bed and venous drainage system.
(15) Or as Rowan Blanchard , a 13-year-old actress, neatly put it, “the way a black woman experiences sexism and inequality is different from the way a white woman experiences sexism and inequality”.
(16) Photograph: Alan Richardson for the Guardian Watt’s wife, Johanna Basford, whose rise has neatly paralleled his (she is the author and illustrator of a phenomenally successful series of adult colouring books that have so far sold 15m copies) also told me at the launch: “They work harder than anyone I know.
(17) President Obama's speech on Thursday seemed to put a neat bow on the past four years.
(18) When Mohamed ElBaradei arrived in Midan Giza, a traffic-snarled interchange on the west bank of the Nile, for Friday prayers, he saw a graphic illustration of Egypt under President Hosni Mubarak: neat rows of police and plainclothes security officers lining the streets to maintain calm.
(19) Photograph: AFP Saint Laurent became an object of immediate fascination: quiet, timid, with neatly parted schoolboy hair, anxious eyes lurking behind thick glasses and a frail body encased in a tight black suit.
(20) Apart from an early chance for Nicklas Bendtner, who had one-twoed neatly with Cesc Fábregas, there was not a moment when Arsenal were properly in the game.
Poignant
Definition:
(a.) Pricking; piercing; sharp; pungent.
(a.) Fig.: Pointed; keen; satirical.
Example Sentences:
(1) Totò was a legend in the Vesuvian city – a comedian of genius; poignant, mysterious.
(2) Fleeting though it may have been (he jetted off to New York this morning and is due in Toronto on Saturday), there was a poignant reason for his appearance: he was here to play a tribute set to Frankie Knuckles, the Godfather of house and one of Morales's closest friends, who died suddenly in March.
(3) One of the most poignant exchanges came when Tony was asked by @ juliangratton to sum up the last seven years of his life.
(4) The exercise yard is adorned with poignant children's paintings in response to school trips here.
(5) This double bind may be particularly poignant for grandparents in single mother families.
(6) This addition was particularly poignant as Andrew Jackson’s legacy includes the decision to sign the Indian Removal Act of 1830 , which gave the federal government power to expel Native American tribes from their land.
(7) This poignant letter, addressing Recep Tayyip Erdogan and written by one of the protesters in Istanbul's historic Taksim Square , was widely circulated on Turkey's social media.
(8) Treasure Island gives us an intense sense of place, and a poignant coming-of-age story full of moral ambiguity.
(9) Their songs ranged from the almost unbearably poignant ("Hand in Glove") to the frankly vulnerable ("How Soon is Now").
(10) The image of the France midfielder walking, head bowed, past the World Cup trophy is one of the more poignant in football history.
(11) The second series of BBC1’s hit drama Happy Valley ended on Tuesday night , bowing out in a wondrous blaze of confrontation, perceptive resolution and poignant revelation.
(12) Ed Miliband said: "This is a tragic and poignant reminder of the sacrifices made by our armed forces in serving our country with bravery and distinction."
(13) But the American author, already the recipient of the Man Booker International prize, the Pulitzer and the National Book award , said it was "particularly poignant for me to have gotten news of the award only a few weeks after the death of Carlos Fuentes, who received the award in 1994".
(14) A picture sits on each one of the chairs, decorated by poignant letters, orange flowers and gifts.
(15) Or perhaps we could focus on the relationship of Leia and Solo, now married, and there could be a heart-rendingly poignant study of their elderly existence together, rather like Michael Haneke's Amour , but set in space.
(16) Dern, all windblown white hair and stubble, is often entirely silent and withdrawn, and all the more compelling and poignant for that.
(17) On the basis of this limited but poignant experience, we propose an outline of steps in management to help others avoid similar problems.
(18) Yet the narratives in Benefits Street have a human and poignant quality, often presenting decent and compassionate people disenfranchised by an unfair society.
(19) Sandy Nairne, director of the NPG, said: "The Van Dyck self-portrait is a poignant portrait of great significance.
(20) It was poignant, afterwards, to hear Martínez try to put the human element into some perspective.