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# neatness

«neatness» in Mova's school dictionary: **being tidy, clean and well arranged** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (neatness)

### meaning for a pupil

Neatness is being tidy, clean and well arranged. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/neatness/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

Used at school about handwriting, presentation and tidy desks; in reports: «Work on the neatness of your writing».

### examples

- Our teacher gives a sticker for neatness. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/neatness/#x1)
- Neatness counts in your science book. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/neatness/#x2)
- I admired the neatness of her drawing. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/neatness/#x3)
- His room is famous for its neatness. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/neatness/#x4)
- Take care with the neatness of your answers. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/neatness/#x5)
- Neatness helps others read your work. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/neatness/#x6)
- If there is any mistake in the order of neatness in the various birds' nests, I must have learnt my lesson badly. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/neatness/#x7)

### note

Uncountable. From «neat» + «-ness». In maths, neatness matters: tidy columns help you avoid adding mistakes.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «neatness» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/neatness/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.