Verb · shuffle · mix (up) · interrupt · go around · revolve · annoy · annoy · confuse · disorganize · disturb. What is clean is simply free of dirt or any type of contamination. Things are tidy when they are in proper relation to other things; a room or desk are tidy when all the items are in place; a person is tidy when they usually keep things that way. Tidy denotes what fits the overall decor; a shoe without laces can be perfectly clean, but not orderly.
Neatness refers to what is clean and tidy without anything superfluous, striking or striking, as when we talk about simple but neat garment; the same idea of being free from the superfluous appears in the phrases: a neat speech, a neat turn, a neat response, etc. A clean cut has no irregular edges; a neat line only does what is intended. Pretty is stronger than neat, implying value and beauty; a cheap, rough dress can be perfectly neat, but it wouldn't be called pretty. Spruce is applied to ostentation and neatness with a touch of elegance, and is always a term of mild contempt, like that of a servant of spruce.
The trim denotes a certain elegant and well-shaped firmness, often with flexibility and grace, like a ribbed suit, a cropped figure. The prim applies to a precise, formal and affectionate delicacy. Elegant is spruce with a touch of smallness and lightness; satty, short for neatness, suggests a tiny elegance, with a tendency towards the exquisite; like a handsome little man with a elegant business suit.
