Neat, trim, natty, tidy, spruce, dapper, trig-what's the difference, please?
Hi,
Despite my searching in dictionaries, I'm not able to see the differences of these adjectives in meaning. Could you shed some light on them, please? All seem to mean that someone's wear is clean, orderly and in good taste. Thank you!
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Here are a few brief and quick comments. neat and tidy are common terms and very similar trim in good order, eg buttons buttoned, shoe laces tied natty a bit negative, sounds like the person is trying too hard to be well-dressed. A rather old-fashioned word.
- Here are a few brief and quick comments.
- neat and tidy are common terms and very similar trim in good order, eg buttons buttoned, shoe laces tied natty a bit negative, sounds like the person is trying too hard to be well-dressed.
- A rather old-fashioned word.
- spruce rarely said today.
- dapper slightly negative in tone, a slightly humorous thing to say trig I 've never heard this term
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Here are a few brief and quick comments.
neat and tidy are common terms and very similar
trim in good order, eg buttons buttoned, shoe laces tied
natty a bit negative, sounds like the person is trying too hard to be well-dressed. A rather old-fashioned word.
spruce rarely said today.
dapper slightly negative i
0Hi Clive,
Many-many thanks! I've just discovered your reply, I was looking and looking in 6-7 dictionaries and other sites today as well, and still... the entries make look the words entirely different than their real usage!!
What would you use for someone whose clothing is in good-taste, please?
And whose in bad taste?
(I've found tawdry, gaudy, garish... I
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