neatness

  • 31slatternly — slatternly, dowdy, frowzy, blowsy can all mean deficient in neatness, freshness, or smartness, especially in dress or appearance. Slatternly stresses notions of slovenliness, unkemptness, and sordidness {a small, slatternly looking craft, her… …

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  • 32apple-pie order — {n. phr.}, {informal} Exact orderly arrangement, neatness; tidy arrangement. * /The house was in apple pie order./ * /Like a good secretary, she kept the boss s desk in apple pie order./ …

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  • 33apple-pie order — {n. phr.}, {informal} Exact orderly arrangement, neatness; tidy arrangement. * /The house was in apple pie order./ * /Like a good secretary, she kept the boss s desk in apple pie order./ …

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  • 34Cleanliness — Clean li*ness (kl[e^]n l[i^]*n[e^]s), n. [From {Cleanly}.] State of being cleanly; neatness of person or dress. [1913 Webster] Cleanliness from head to heel. Swift. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 35Elzevir — El ze*vir, a. (Bibliog.) Applied to books or editions (esp. of the Greek New Testament and the classics) printed and published by the Elzevir family at Amsterdam, Leyden, etc., from about 1592 to 1680; also, applied to a round open type… …

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  • 36Literary property — Property Prop er*ty, n.; pl. {Properties}. [OE. proprete, OF. propret[ e] property, F. propret[ e] neatness, cleanliness, propri[ e]t[ e] property, fr. L. proprietas. See {Proper}, a., and cf. {Propriety}.] [1913 Webster] 1. That which is proper… …

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  • 37long suit — Suit Suit (s[=u]t), n. [OE. suite, F. suite, OF. suite, sieute, fr. suivre to follow, OF. sivre; perhaps influenced by L. secta. See {Sue} to follow, and cf. {Sect}, {Suite}.] 1. The act of following or pursuing, as game; pursuit. [Obs.] [1913… …

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  • 38Out of suits — Suit Suit (s[=u]t), n. [OE. suite, F. suite, OF. suite, sieute, fr. suivre to follow, OF. sivre; perhaps influenced by L. secta. See {Sue} to follow, and cf. {Sect}, {Suite}.] 1. The act of following or pursuing, as game; pursuit. [Obs.] [1913… …

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  • 39Properties — Property Prop er*ty, n.; pl. {Properties}. [OE. proprete, OF. propret[ e] property, F. propret[ e] neatness, cleanliness, propri[ e]t[ e] property, fr. L. proprietas. See {Proper}, a., and cf. {Propriety}.] [1913 Webster] 1. That which is proper… …

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  • 40Property — Prop er*ty, n.; pl. {Properties}. [OE. proprete, OF. propret[ e] property, F. propret[ e] neatness, cleanliness, propri[ e]t[ e] property, fr. L. proprietas. See {Proper}, a., and cf. {Propriety}.] [1913 Webster] 1. That which is proper to… …

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