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neater

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  1. Clean, tidy; free from dirt or impurities.β€œMy 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.β€œI like my whisky neat.”
  3. Conditions with a liquid reagent or gas performed with no standard solvent or cosolvent.β€œThe 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.

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