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neat

/ˈniːt/ noun C2
  1. An artificial intelligence researcher who believes that solutions should be elegant, clear and provably correct. Compare scruffy. (informal)

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It looks very neat on a black coat buttoned up.”
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 429 · C1
There were neat fences at the sides of the road, painted a dainty blue color, and beyond them were fields of grain and vegetables in abundance.
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, p. 14 · B2
He was conducted to a tolerably neat chamber, but grated and barred, and its appearance, therefore, did not greatly alarm him; besides, the words of Villefort, who seemed to interest himself so much, resounded still in his ears like a promise of freedom.
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 70 · C1
It was in this costume, and bringing back to Jacopo the shirt and trousers he had lent him, that Edmond reappeared before the captain of the lugger, who had made him tell his story over and over again before he could believe him, or recognize in the neat and trim sailor the man with thick and matted beard, hair tangled with seaweed, and body soaking in seabrine, whom he had picked up naked and nearly drowned.
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 237 · C1

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