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adjectivenattier, nattiest ˈnatiˈnædi informal 1(of a person or an article of clothing) smart and fashionable. Example sentencesExamples - Shoes were shopped for and shoes were purchased: I picked up a very natty pair, of the ‘looks like a pump, feels like a sneaker’ variety.
- Even the waiters, with their natty white jackets, look like they might be film stars in disguise.
- When he stood up his natty blue and white striped pants hung on his bony legs as he leaned on his cane.
- According to the nosy old woman next door, the victim took the room with a companion, a natty man answering to the name of ‘Frenchy’.
- Cole was an impeccable dresser, a natty bon vivant locked in a jet-setter's fashion sense.
- I change it for one of my natty, stripey ties… Stylish!
- For something dramatic, the shop has gloves in navy with a natty magenta trim or purple and red pairs trimmed with rabbit fur.
- His one physical quirk, the sandals which he always wears with socks (today he is sporting a natty tartan pair) seem more trademark than style choice.
- Wearing a natty sports jacket and carrying a briefcase, Fraser would easily fit in with any group of up-and-coming executives.
- British playwright Noel Coward was natty and flamboyant, a born performer.
- And their teacher: he's a tall, very urbane and rather natty man, with a grave manner.
- These come with a cute peep-toe and natty crochet trim
- Tall, lanky and 29, with natty dress sense and friends in all the right places
- The hardliner who was once head of the police service, has scrapped his old military uniform in favour of dark glasses, trendy stubble and natty casual suits.
- Thank you to the human who arrived in a natty blue uniform, removed the cover and climbed into the hole to lift us one by one into warm hands.
- The slight, natty man with the wide smile and neat, shoulder-length dreadlocks commands the stage with undeniable charisma.
- We think this kid will indeed be serving his country in uniform, but it won't be the natty blue of the gendarmerie.
- It's over to Buerk, the original natty dresser (ever seen his beige suit and blue shirt combo?)
- And no longer do the staff wear boring olive green jackets, now they have natty blue ones.
- They spin and colour the wool themselves, using natural dyes, and create hand-made woollen garments including some very natty jumpers based on Rothko paintings.
- The show will have Harsha giving up his natty suits for cool denims and khakis while trailing some of the biggest names in sports.
- They are identifiable by their natty attire, and red bow-ties.
Synonyms smart, stylish, fashionable, dapper, debonair, dashing, jaunty, rakish, spruce, well turned out, well dressed, chic, modish, elegant, trim informal snazzy, trendy, cool, sharp, snappy, with it, nifty, groovy North American informal kicking, kicky, tony, fly, spiffy, sassy, stylin' US informal on fleek dated as if one had just stepped out of a bandbox archaic trig - 1.1 Well designed; clever.
a palmtop computer with many natty features Example sentencesExamples - For me, part of the enjoyment is just living aboard a boat - marvelling at the way every cubic inch of space is utilised, with natty little lockers and cubby holes to store your things.
- The top-end model boasts natty features such as brakes linked to a laser that detects nearby vehicles.
- She has a natty turn of phrase, and an eye for the well chosen metaphor.
- Also bought a natty little pasta machine today… hopelessly bourgeois!
- The meeting had been ratified by the county board to go ahead without the selectors, bringing into play a natty piece of bureaucracy that questioned whether any decisions taken by the committee were binding if the selectors were there.
- In the late 1970s, the young economists were encouraged to find some natty statistics that would give Ireland a competitive edge.
- After removal, store the lenses in those natty little screw cap holders that the lens solution people give you with the bottle of goop.
- The company (who provide the natty little search feature in the navbar of this site) record for me what people search for.
- They also engaged in a particularly natty bit of weasel wording: next year's meeting is being called a seminar to emphasise that no decisions will be taken.
- The bottle of Lakeland Air is the latest natty marketing ploy from Cumbria Tourist Board to encourage stressed-out city-dwellers to the area.
- But it's hard to shake the feeling that this is just a natty one-off rather than the future of how music will be made and marketed.
Derivatives adverb ˈnatɪliˈnædəli informal It is not about having MBAs or speaking foreign tongues or dressing nattily in designer suits. Example sentencesExamples - He seems unfazed as he picks us up in the car, nattily attired in a safari vest, jeans, and trainers.
- A line of nattily dressed corporate vice presidents - looking distinctly out of place in such a dive - sit at the counter reading menus.
- It is all about how body cells react to mechanical signals, says the nattily dressed professor.
- Beside her is her smaller, slimmer, nattily dressed partner.
- Koch is dressed nattily, as usual - crisp chinos and a long-waisted Cuban shirt - and he works the room like a seasoned pro.
- Just pick up any commercial boating magazine where you will see the nattily attired beautiful people lounging effortlessly in perfect conditions.
- Compare him, nattily dressed in an expensive Italian suit, with his colleague, outfitted in an ensemble he probably picked up off the floor.
noun ˈnatɪnəsˈnædinəs informal But it's not like they'll be able to show off their new-found nattiness. Example sentencesExamples - There is a kind of theatrical nattiness to his outfit today.
- The nattiness and pizzazz I've described are intentionally amusing.
- Ms. Prada's collection is all British nattiness, with the tailoring coming from high-tech stretch fabrics and the richness from waves of bottle green, camels and grays.
- Alternating between blase nonchalance and brisk nattiness, the author was the matinee idol for fans and scholars alike.
Origin Late 18th century (originally slang): perhaps related to neat1. The informal word natty, ‘smart or stylish’, probably comes from neat. It was first recorded in 1785, in The Classical Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose, which was a collection of slang terms that Dr Johnson had deliberately left out of his dictionary of 1755. Natty lads in those days were young thieves or pickpockets. A quotation from the poet Shelley (1812) shows the modern meaning: ‘As natty a beau, As Bond Street ever saw.’ Among Rastafarians natty is used to describe hair that is uncombed or matted, as in dreadlocks; in this context it is a form of knotty. A natty dread is a Rastafarian. See also dread
Rhymes batty, bratty, catty, chatty, Cincinnati, Dolcelatte, fatty, flattie, Hattie, patty, ratty, Satie, Scarlatti, scatty, Tati, tattie, tatty adjectivenattier, nattiest ˈnatiˈnædi (among Rastafarians) denoting hair that is uncombed or matted, as in dreadlocks. Example sentencesExamples - The hippie had natty blond hair, and large, vacant-looking eyes with wrinkles around them.
Origin 1970s: variant of knotty. adjectiveˈnædiˈnadē informal (of a person or an article of clothing) smart and fashionable. a natty blue blazer and designer jeans Example sentencesExamples - Even the waiters, with their natty white jackets, look like they might be film stars in disguise.
- They are identifiable by their natty attire, and red bow-ties.
- And their teacher: he's a tall, very urbane and rather natty man, with a grave manner.
- British playwright Noel Coward was natty and flamboyant, a born performer.
- Tall, lanky and 29, with natty dress sense and friends in all the right places
- And no longer do the staff wear boring olive green jackets, now they have natty blue ones.
- The slight, natty man with the wide smile and neat, shoulder-length dreadlocks commands the stage with undeniable charisma.
- According to the nosy old woman next door, the victim took the room with a companion, a natty man answering to the name of ‘Frenchy’.
- Thank you to the human who arrived in a natty blue uniform, removed the cover and climbed into the hole to lift us one by one into warm hands.
- Cole was an impeccable dresser, a natty bon vivant locked in a jet-setter's fashion sense.
- We think this kid will indeed be serving his country in uniform, but it won't be the natty blue of the gendarmerie.
- The show will have Harsha giving up his natty suits for cool denims and khakis while trailing some of the biggest names in sports.
- Shoes were shopped for and shoes were purchased: I picked up a very natty pair, of the ‘looks like a pump, feels like a sneaker’ variety.
- These come with a cute peep-toe and natty crochet trim
- When he stood up his natty blue and white striped pants hung on his bony legs as he leaned on his cane.
- They spin and colour the wool themselves, using natural dyes, and create hand-made woollen garments including some very natty jumpers based on Rothko paintings.
- I change it for one of my natty, stripey ties… Stylish!
- The hardliner who was once head of the police service, has scrapped his old military uniform in favour of dark glasses, trendy stubble and natty casual suits.
- His one physical quirk, the sandals which he always wears with socks (today he is sporting a natty tartan pair) seem more trademark than style choice.
- It's over to Buerk, the original natty dresser (ever seen his beige suit and blue shirt combo?)
- Wearing a natty sports jacket and carrying a briefcase, Fraser would easily fit in with any group of up-and-coming executives.
- For something dramatic, the shop has gloves in navy with a natty magenta trim or purple and red pairs trimmed with rabbit fur.
Synonyms smart, stylish, fashionable, dapper, debonair, dashing, jaunty, rakish, spruce, well turned out, well dressed, chic, modish, elegant, trim
Origin Late 18th century (originally slang): perhaps related to neat. adjectiveˈnædiˈnadē attributive (among Rastafarians) denoting hair that is unstraightened, uncombed, or matted, as in dreadlocks. Example sentencesExamples - The hippie had natty blond hair, and large, vacant-looking eyes with wrinkles around them.
Origin 1970s: variant of knotty. |