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adjective

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1. Clean, tidy; free from dirt or impurities.

   Example: My room is neat because I tidied it this morning.  She has very neat hair.

2. Free from contaminants; unadulterated, undiluted. Particularly of liquor and cocktails; see usage below.

   Example: I like my whisky neat.

3. Conditions with a liquid reagent or gas performed with no standard solvent or cosolvent.

   Example: The Arbuzov reaction is performed by adding the bromide to the phosphite, neat.  The molecular beam was neat acetylene.

4. With all deductions or allowances made; net.