nattinessn.
/ˈnatɪnᵻs/, U.S. /ˈnædinᵻs/ 1. Neatness, smartness, trimness.
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the mind > attention and judgement > beauty > pleasing appearance > [noun] > neatness or trimness
dapperness1530
featishness1530
trimness1552
neatness1555
featness1576
pickedness1578
spruceness1594
comptness1611
deftness1612
smugness1632
jemminess1756
spick and span1758
smartness1768
sprucery1813
dapperism1830
nattiness1846
sleekness1866
spit and polish1895
spick-and-spanness1911
1846 H. W. Herbert My Shooting Box vii. 101 Over every stall hung an elaborate wreath of straws destined to allure any wandering fly—vain destination, for the deuce a fly was to be seen or heard in that abode of nattiness.
1884 Cassell's Family Mag. Apr. 269/1 The pretty nattiness of the mob-cap and apron.
1989 Empire Sept. 46/1 The overall effect is one of having made an attempt at nattiness which hasn't quite worked.
2001 Independent (Electronic ed.) 3 Mar. There is a kind of theatrical nattiness to his outfit today.
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1870 N. F. Hele Aldeburgh 139 Success depends more than anything upon the ‘nattiness’ with which the boat itself is handled.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
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