†Fit, fitting, suitable (obsolete); convenient, handy; near at hand, close. Also with to or (in early use) dative of person. English regional (nor…

Trim or tight in person, shape, or appearance; of a place, Neat, tidy, in good order. Chiefly Scottish and dialect.

Neatly or smartly made, prepared, or arranged; elegantly or finely arrayed, dressed, or ‘got up’… Of things: chiefly in sense ‘neat, properly made…

Put or kept in good order; trim, tidy.

Clean; neat, orderly. Obsolete.

Wiped, brushed; smoothed; clean-cut, sharp-cut; polished, burnished; neat, trim, spruce.

Not littered (in various senses); esp. not covered or strewn with litter. Also figurative.

Arranged properly, as things on board ship should be; trim, orderly: originally Nautical but frequently in general use. Sometimes passing into adv.…

Of things: Neat, trim, in good order.

Of things: Neatly arranged or constructed; tidy, neat, snug, compact. Now dialect.

Scottish, Irish English (northern), English regional (northern), and (in later use) U.S. regional (esp. Pennsylvania). Put in order, arranged…

Expressing cleanliness, smartness, or tidiness, as (as) neat (also clean) as a (new) pin, like a new pin.

Neat, tidy.

(The chief current use.) Of things, esp. of a house, room, receptacle, etc.: Neatly arranged; with nothing in disorder or out of place; orderly…

First-class, excellent; neat, in good order; smart, efficient, that operates smoothly; superficially attractive, glibly clever. (Of things, actions…

Having a trim character.

Originally and chiefly Nautical. gen. Neatly or smartly turned out or presented; (later more usually) orderly and efficient.