natty
/ˈnæti/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.75 in modern English
8
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
2
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
A diminutive of the female given name Natalie.
Example Sentences
- "“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.”"
- "'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."
- "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), […]"
- "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."
- "natty dreadlocks"
- "natty gains"
Etymology
Word Breakdown
- Suffix: y
Regional Pronunciation
- British English: /ˈnæti/
Usage
Inflected Forms
nattier (comparative)
nattiest (superlative)
more natty (comparative)
most natty (superlative)
nattie (alternative)
natties (plural)