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1 neatly
neatly ['ni:tlɪ]∎ put the papers neatly on the desk posez les papiers soigneusement sur le bureau;∎ to dress neatly s'habiller avec soin;∎ the desk fits neatly into the corner of the room le bureau rentre pile dans le coin de la pièce(b) (skilfully) habilement, adroitement;∎ neatly phrased bien tourné;∎ to solve a problem neatly résoudre un problème avec élégance;∎ you put that very neatly vous l'avez très bien dit ou exprimé;∎ he neatly avoided the issue il a habilement évité le sujet;∎ you got out of that situation very neatly vous vous en êtes tiré très habilement ou très adroitement -
2 phrase
A n1 ( expression) gen expression f, Ling locution f ; in Rousseau's phrase… pour reprendre l'expression de Rousseau… ;3 Mus phrase f.B vtr1 ( formulate) exprimer [idea, notion] ; formuler [question, sentence, speech] ; a neatly phrased letter une lettre bien tournée ;2 Mus phraser.
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