neatly

1. 1.

   with neatness

   “she put the slippers under the bed neatly”

Questions about neatly

What does neatly mean?

neatly means "with neatness".

How many syllables are in neatly?

neatly has 2 syllables: neat-ly. The stress falls on "neat". In IPA it is /ˈnitli/.

Is neatly a common word?

neatly is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.