单词 | natty |
释义 | natty (once / 4962 pages) adj Natty means current in style, both of dress and manners. A natty dresser is someone who is very stylish and has a snappy attitude. He may even be wearing a natty fedora. Natty is an adjective that comes from the 18th century. Originally it was a slang term, perhaps related to the adjective neat. These days, if you say someone “looks neat,” it might sound like they look clean, but it also can mean that they look fashionable and put together. That’s what natty means, too. Someone who is natty is wearing fashionable clothes and is generally hip. WORD FAMILYnatty: nattier, nattiest, nattily, nattiness USAGE EXAMPLESGerard: Yeah, I drink Natty on weekends and was president of my fraternity, but I think there’s more to me than that. Washington Post(Dec 27, 2016) Drenched in Champagne, he looked weirdly natty as he offered a cryptic smile. New York Times(Oct 12, 2016) Beneath his natty three-piece suit, Mike Pereira wears thermal underwear. Los Angeles Times(Nov 23, 2016) adj marked by up-to-dateness in dress and manners Syn dapper, dashing, jaunty, raffish, rakish, snappy, spiffy, spruce fashionable, stylish being or in accordance with current social fashions |
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