Examples of “neat” in a Sentence

adj Tidy and orderly; clean in appearance.

• The children lined their shoes up in a neat row by the door.
• He kept his desk perfectly neat.
• She writes in small, neat handwriting.

adj Of a spirit or drink: served pure, without ice, water, or mixer.

• Some people prefer gin neat, while others add plenty of tonic.
• The waiter asked whether she wanted the brandy neat or with ice.
• He drinks his whisky neat.

adj Skilfully or cleverly done; elegant in a simple way.

• She came up with a neat trick for folding fitted sheets.
• The magician's neat sleight of hand fooled the whole audience.
• That was a neat solution to the problem.

intj Used informally to express approval; cool, great.

• Neat! The tickets arrived just in time for the concert.
• You got us front-row seats? Neat!" he said with a grin.
• Neat! You fixed it already.