neat

/niːt/

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noun

1. An artificial intelligence researcher who believes that solutions should be elegant, clear and provably correct. Compare scruffy.

adjective

1. Clean, tidy; free from dirt or impurities.

"My room is neat because I tidied it this morning. She has very neat hair."

2. Free from contaminants; unadulterated, undiluted. Particularly of liquor and cocktails; see usage below.

"I like my whisky neat."

3. Conditions with a liquid reagent or gas performed with no standard solvent or cosolvent.

"The Arbuzov reaction is performed by adding the bromide to the phosphite, neat. The molecular beam was neat acetylene."

4. With all deductions or allowances made; net.

5. Having a simple elegance or style; clean, trim, tidy, tasteful.

"The front room was neat and carefully arranged for the guests."

6. Well-executed or delivered; clever, skillful, precise.

"Having the two protagonists meet in the last act was a particularly neat touch."

7. Facile; missing complexity or details in the favor of convenience or simplicity.

"Courts should not reduce this case to a neat set of legal rules."

8. Good, excellent, desirable.

"Hey, neat convertible, man."

≠ Antonyms

on the rocks

Source: en.wiktionary.org