natty

comparative nattier · superlative nattiest

1. informalSmart and fashionable.First known use late 18th c.

   “They’d look very natty, arm-in-crook together, and their best clothes on, whether or no, if he’s at all the well-favoured fellow he used to be.”

   1878, Thomas Hardy, The Return of the Native

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   'One of our witnesses has already had the misfortune to be rather badly run down while cycling, and I've had a natty-looking box of chocolates by post from an "unknown friend" myself,' replied the inspector.

   1927, Ernest Bramah [pseudonym; Ernest Brammah Smith], Max Carrados Mysteries

   Anyway, while the creepy-video thing is under way there are also some scenes of Pullman looking very natty and East Village in all-black and jamming on his tenor sax in front of a packed dance floor (only in a David Lynch movie would people dance ecstatically to abstract jazz), […]

   1997, David Foster Wallace, “David Lynch keeps his head”, in A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again, Kindle edition, Little, Brown Book Group

   A natty dresser, especially by congressional standards, Mr. Curtis has turned his penchant for bright socks into an ice-breaker that he says helps constituents feel comfortable in approaching him.

   2025 January 28, Cameron Joseph, “Meet Mitt Romney’s replacement – who could make or break the Trump agenda”, in The Christian Science Monitor

comparative nattier · superlative nattiest

1. JamaicaslangKnotty.

   natty dreadlocks

comparative more natty · superlative most natty · alternative nattie

1. slangparticularly bodybuildinghobbiesNatural, as opposed to steroid enhanced.

   natty gains

plural natties · alternative nattie

1. slangparticularly bodybuildinghobbiesSomeone whose muscle gains are natural and not aided by the use of steroids.

comparative more natty · superlative most natty · alternative nattie

1. slangNational.

plural natties · alternative nattie

1. slanghobbiesA national championship.

   I hope my favorite team makes it to the natty this season.

1. USslangNatural beer, an economy brand of pale lager.

   Natty Ice; Natty Light

2. A diminutive of the female given name Natalie.