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Example sentences for "neatly"

Lexicographically close words:
neater; neatest; neath; neather; neatherd; neatness; neatsfoot; neaw; nebba; nebber
  1. If toes were large and required splitting and removing of toe cords, replace the cords with bits of small rope or soft twine and sew toes up neatly with short stitches.

  2. If edges of ears have been torn open in skinning, sew them up neatly from the outside, using a small round needle and small thread before the lead is placed.

  3. Part fur over center of breast bone, insert point of knife just under skin, forcing backward, and with as near one clean stroke as possible open the skin neatly along center of abdomen.

  4. Now return to the abdominal incision and neatly peel the skin from the body, in many instances using only the thumb nail for loosening it.

  5. When the filling is all placed, sew the abdominal incision neatly up, beginning at rear end always and going forward.

  6. When a large bird, in which the wings were opened for cleaning, is to be mounted with closed wings, very little sewing need be done, but if the wings are to be raised or spread the incision should be neatly stitched its entire length.

  7. He raced up the front stairs and before long was running down them again, with a clean shirt and his hair neatly combed.

  8. The steps themselves we formed carefully and neatly of planks from the wreck, and clenched them firmly in their places with stout nails.

  9. It was neatly and carefully made, the edges fitting closely together, the lid furnished with hinges.

  10. Nothing was visible but white paper, neatly fitted to the top of the box.

  11. The whole was then covered with palm leaves, over which was a coating of tea-tree bark, very neatly fastened by strips of cane.

  12. All of them were neatly and strongly built with small saplings stuck in the ground, arched over, and tied together at the top with small shoots of the climbing palm, which I have already described.

  13. The women wore very neatly fringed girdles hanging loose about their loins, and shaded themselves with large fan-palm leaves.

  14. The line is neatly made from the tough fibres of the rattan, which are first scraped to the requisite degree of fineness with a sharp-edged Cyrena shell, then twisted and laid up in three strands.

  15. I neatly utilised it within the next few hours.

  16. It was my own old Shakespear, with the added interest of marginal marks, in ink of three colours, neatly ordered, and as the sand by the sea-shore innumerable.

  17. His robe, with the golden fleur de lis, is neatly folded round him, his mitre glistens in the light; his face is grey and calm, and full of dignity and of repose.

  18. She wears a gorgeous gown of red; her fluffy yellow hair is neatly gathered in a net, embossed with bobs of the purest gold.

  19. The lawn was always fresh and crisp, the borders of privet were neatly trimmed and the flower beds disposed effectively.

  20. The sonnet was neatly parodied in the "Record," and that journal printed a gratuitous defense of the fisherman at whom, presumably, the poem had been directed.

  21. His gray sack suit with the trousers neatly creased and his smartly knotted tie proclaimed him a man of fashion: the newest and youngest member of the Madison faculty, who had introduced spats to the campus, was not more impressively tailored.

  22. The "Advertiser" had neatly divided its first page between the Honorable Roger B.

  23. Before he knew where he was Cameron slipped from his horse, caught him under the chin with a very nice left-hander that laid him neatly out, swung him on to his horse, and was out of the camp before the Indians knew what had happened.

  24. Move hand or foot and the bullet in this gun will pass neatly through your eye.

  25. Were her wrong-doing only of the sort to be neatly cut off in that manner, how gladly would she own up.

  26. She found some gummed paper, cut a strip, brought the torn edges carefully together and mended the picture as neatly as if she had not been a week ago as helpless an able-bodied girl of her age as there was anywhere to be found.

  27. To put them on neatly and with dispatch two persons are required, as some force is necessary to pull the indiarubber out sufficiently far to enable it to go on the bowl.

  28. It is well, however, to be certain of palming and vanishing your ball quickly and neatly before attempting the trick at all, as everything depends upon this.

  29. The performer must be careful not to have the wooden balls larger than is absolutely necessary, or he will find some difficulty in exchanging and concealing them neatly when occasion requires.

  30. The best method is to procure a tapering bottle, quart size, and opaque, and get the bottom neatly cut out by a lapidary.

  31. The following will be found very neat and effective: Procure a metal imitation of a wedding-ring, and have it cut neatly through.

  32. Notwithstanding the aid of a connecting medium, there is more skill required to perform this trick really neatly than is generally supposed.

  33. This introduction must be neatly done, and some wax from the candle scraped over the junction, so as to hide it.

  34. Continue to double the cotton, taking the greatest care that the ends all come neatly together, and that all the loops are cut through.

  35. If the watch has been neatly inserted in the roll, it can be given into the hands of a spectator to hold whilst being fired at.

  36. The knack of putting things into hats from the shelf neatly is one of the most difficult things to acquire, and the performer must never be nervous at the moment, or he will be certain to allow himself to be discovered.

  37. This is a pretty trick, and one that is always much commented upon by spectators who have seen it neatly performed.

  38. Cut the feet off and overcast neatly into the armholes; putting in a little gusset under the arms is necessary to enlarge armhole.

  39. The gifts are to be neatly wrapped up in white tissue paper, tied with ribbons, the card of the giver being enclosed.

  40. She took a common red brick, topped it with a flat oblong cushion size and shape of the brick, covering the whole neatly with a bright chintz cover.

  41. The linen is hemmed neatly so that it looks like an oblong napkin, and while it protects the cloth and the table it protects the table underneath; being white, like the cloth itself, it does not spoil the looks of the table.

  42. She should always be neatly dressed, never appearing at the breakfast table in kimona or dressing-jacket if men will be present.

  43. The wedding cake, neatly packed in white boxes bearing the monogram of the bride and groom and tied with white satin ribbon, is arranged on a table in the hall, and each departing guest takes a box.

  44. After this bathe the body, if so desired by the relatives, with a two per cent watery solution of carbolic acid, and if there are any wounds they should be covered with fresh cotton and neatly fastened with a bandage.

  45. I can see her at this moment; her short, square person planted firmly on the stool, her little fat hands moving quickly and neatly over the keys, her eyes fixed on the music with intelligent concentration.

  46. She looked demure and pretty, and made a graceful picture in her blue cashmere dress and little blue hat, with a plaid shawl drawn neatly about her shoulders and a clumsy pocketbook in her hand.

  47. A] This piece of apparatus neatly constructed can be obtained at a trifling cost at any of Messrs.

  48. If this is done neatly the company will suppose it is the two coins from the nails which have fallen.

  49. The muslin is laid over the net, sewn neatly over, and then cut away between the pattern, leaving the net for the ground work.

  50. When all the circles are prepared, sew them neatly on to a round piece of red cloth, placing alternately 1 white and 1 red, so as to overlap one another, and between each a circle of black cloth, also pinked out round the edge.

  51. Now cut off both threads, and with a needle fasten off neatly at the back of first oval by sewing 1 thread over the other.

  52. Her quick glance scanned the shirts hanging neatly folded on the large horse in front of the fire.

  53. She dressed herself as neatly as her poor little mended clothes would allow, and, without being asked, proceeded to light Mrs. Seymour's fire before she went out.

  54. The boy catches Bill neatly in the eye with a piece of brick.

  55. Peel neatly three oranges and slice them lengthwise; also cut three bananas in thin slices.

  56. Have half a dozen slices cut crosswise from a neatly trimmed fillet of beef.

  57. He passed his men through the simple manual of arms, and they did it so smartly and neatly that it elicited applause.

  58. The mayor turned aside his head to hide his emotion, making a slight nod as much as to say: "That is very neatly put.

  59. He was still very neatly dressed, but he looked harder than he had when he first reached the prairie and his face was brown.

  60. He gave you the slip neatly on a previous occasion.

  61. A bunk neatly made of split boards and filled with spruce twigs and swamp hay ran along one end.

  62. No rebuke was ever more neatly administered.

  63. So there were three candidates, fighting independently for two seats; there was no Corrupt Practices Act in those days; and the situation was neatly summarized by a tradesman of the town.

  64. Davy, as he made a flying leap, turned completely over in the air, and landed ever so lightly on his feet, as neatly as a circus gymnast might have done.

  65. The bass had been neatly cleaned by those who had caught them, Step-hen and Smithy; and for the first time in his life no doubt, the pampered son of the rich widow found himself doing the work of a cook's helper.

  66. The gangway was covered with scarlet cloth, a neatly dressed sailor stood at each side of the shore end to steady it, and Captain Claude Alwyn stood at the other ready to receive his guests.

  67. The decks are white also, and the very ropes, so neatly coiled thereon, are swirls of snowy-white.

  68. It is neatly packed in boxes; each guest takes one, if she likes, as she leaves the house.

  69. In England and all over the Continent the newly arrived stranger is received by a woman neatly dressed, with pleasant, respectful manners, who is overflowing with optional civilities.

  70. The footmen are generally powdered and very neatly dressed in livery, in the swell carriages, but the coachmen are not so highly gotten up as formerly.

  71. The laws of the Medes and Persians were not more strictly enforced than is this law by the custodians of the theatre, who are neatly dressed women ushers with becoming caps.

  72. A maid-servant, neatly dressed, should be in constant attendance on this table, and a man-servant or two will be needed to attend the door and to wait at table.


  73. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "neatly" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
    Other words:
    ably; competently; deftly; efficiently; expertly; exquisitely; featly; handily; masterfully; neatly; nimbly; superbly; well