"neatish" meaning in English

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Adjective

Forms: more neatish [comparative], most neatish [superlative]
Etymology: From Middle English netish, netiss, equivalent to neat (“bovine”) + -ish. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|netish}} Middle English netish, {{m|enm|netiss}} netiss, {{af|en|neat|-ish|t1=bovine}} neat (“bovine”) + -ish Head templates: {{en-adj}} neatish (comparative more neatish, superlative most neatish)
  1. Characteristic of or resembling a neat; bovine
    Sense id: en-neatish-en-adj-vCDNtP7j
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Adjective

Forms: more neatish [comparative], most neatish [superlative]
Etymology: From neat + -ish. Etymology templates: {{af|en|neat|-ish}} neat + -ish Head templates: {{en-adj}} neatish (comparative more neatish, superlative most neatish)
  1. Somewhat neat
    Sense id: en-neatish-en-adj-1IRQBuy9 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ish Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 38 62 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ish: 15 85
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

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