Close and Neat

Close

Close adjective - Having little space between items or parts.

Neat and close are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Neat" instead an adjective "Close".

Nearby Words: closed, closeness, closing, closely, closure

Neat

Neat adjective - Being clean and in good order.

Close and neat are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Close" instead an adjective "Neat".

Nearby Words: neatness, neatly

Both words in one sentence

  • Franchise / Assassin's Creed Shaggy Dog Story/Shoot the Shaggy Dog: Since the series sticks close to history and history often lacks neat dramatic structures, the series as a whole uses a variety of plots like this.
  • The "fighting game" battle system, while neat at first, quickly became extremely tedious and past the first couple dungeons, it made most NORMAL battles last close to five minutes.
  • Recap / Doctor Who TVM "The TV Movie" At night, the Master slithers into Bruce's body and gives him some neat glowy green eyes.Anyway, as the man himself would later state, death is Time Lord for man flu, although thanks to the anesthetic, he came close to clocking out permanently.
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