neat vs now

neat

adj
  • Having a simple elegance or style; clean, trim, tidy, tasteful. 

  • Free from contaminants; unadulterated, undiluted. Particularly of liquor and cocktails; see usage below. 

  • Facile; missing complexity or details in the favor of convenience or simplicity. 

  • Good, excellent, desirable. 

  • Conditions with a liquid reagent or gas performed with no standard solvent or cosolvent. 

  • Clean, tidy; free from dirt or impurities. 

  • Well-executed or delivered; clever, skillful, precise. 

noun
  • An artificial intelligence researcher who believes that solutions should be elegant, clear and provably correct. Compare scruffy. 

intj
  • Used to signify a job well done. 

  • Used to signify approval. 

now

adj
  • Fashionable; popular; up to date; current. 

  • Present; current. 

noun
  • The state of not paying attention to the future or the past. 

  • The present time. 

  • A particular instant in time, as perceived at that instant. 

intj
  • Indicates a signal to begin. 

adv
  • Used to indicate a context of urgency. 

  • Sometimes; occasionally. 

  • Used to address a switching side, or sharp change in attitude from before. (In this usage, now is usually emphasized). 

  • At the present time. 

  • Used to introduce a point, a qualification of what has previously been said, a remonstration or a rebuke. 

  • At the time reached within a narration. 

  • Differently from the immediate past; differently from a more remote past or a possible future; differently from all other times. 

conj
  • Since, because, in light of the fact; often with that. 

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