Phrase guide
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adj
Of a vessel: tidy, and with its equipment in good order, properly stowed, etc.; shipshape.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK, dated, not-comparable
Topics: nautical, transport
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Neatly and properly arranged or organized; neat and tidy, tidy.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK, dated, figuratively, not-comparable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: all Sir Garnet, squared away, Bristol fashion and shipshape, in order, neat, neat and tidy, neat as a new pin, neat as a pin, nice as ninepence, orderly, prest, regular, ruly, shipshape, shipshape and Bristol fashion, tidy, tight, tiptop, tosh, trig, trim, well-kept
Antonyms: chaotic, cluttered, disorderly, messy, ree-raw, riotous, sluttish, tempestuous, tumultuary, tumultuous, turbulent, untidy
adv
In a neat and tidy, or proper, manner; properly, tidily.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK, dated, not-comparable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
As regards the adjective, Bristol was the most prosperous port of west-coast Britain, and its shipping was regarded as maintained at a high quality. The adverb is probably derived from the adjective as it is first attested slightly later.
