Adjective, : a natty white uniform. From Dictionary.com.
Interestingly, I thought "natty" meant the exact opposite of what it does. From Wordnik.com. [Operation: Stay Dipped | ATTACKERMAN] Reference
If you see any pics of the Wehrmact invading Poland, you'll see various tank commanders having this kind of natty headgear!. From Wordnik.com. [Army Rumour Service] Reference
But natty smart Theramenes, and Cleitophon are mine. From Wordnik.com. [The Frogs] Reference
It was a figure of a man in a natty blue serge suit. From Wordnik.com. [The Golf Course Mystery] Reference
It is a natty leather ornament, and much sought after. From Wordnik.com. [The Stars and Stripes The American Soldiers' Newspaper of World War I, 1918-1919] Reference
French unmentionables, and natty, polished boots with spurs. From Wordnik.com. [Wonderful Adventures of Mrs. Seacole in Many Lands] Reference
GINSBERG: I thought that these particular men looked really natty. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Mar 25, 2002] Reference
A couple of burly men came sliding into the natty little motor boat. From Wordnik.com. [Motor Boat Boys Mississippi Cruise or, The Dash for Dixie] Reference
Side by side may be found the long coat and the short, natty jacket. From Wordnik.com. [What Dress Makes of Us] Reference
You know, Warren Harding to be something of a - of a natty (ph) dressy. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Feb 18, 2002] Reference
"But where on earth could that natty young fellow come from, do you think?". From Wordnik.com. [The Outdoor Chums at Cabin Point or The Golden Cup Mystery] Reference
A dainty little pot-bunker hat completed a costume as novel as it was natty. From Wordnik.com. [Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 146, February 25, 1914] Reference
"I've no doubt you will deny that this natty little weapon belongs to your son.". From Wordnik.com. [Five Thousand Dollars Reward] Reference
You look as natty as a new penny, and the little white cap is great on your hair. From Wordnik.com. [Amarilly of Clothes-line Alley] Reference
Casanova's gone quite debonair in a vest, white shirt, and tie with a natty chapeau. From Wordnik.com. [Holly Cara Price: Rubbernecking: Project Runway Episode 6, "You Can Totally Wear That Again"] Reference
He wore white cord trousers, a buff waistcoat, and a very natty white hair-cloth cap. From Wordnik.com. [The International Monthly, Volume 2, No. 4, March, 1851] Reference
She stole an admiring look at the natty costume and upward into the bright, sweet face. From Wordnik.com. [Glory and the Other Girl] Reference
Balt Haer, natty as ever, and, as ever, arrogantly tapping his swagger stick against his leg. From Wordnik.com. [Mercenary] Reference
When be reappeared in fresh linen, outing clothes and a natty straw hat, he was still laughing. From Wordnik.com. [The Air Ship Boys : Or, the Quest of the Aztec Treasure] Reference
There he is, modelling a natty bathrobe as he hurls his girlfriend down the steps of their bungalow. From Wordnik.com. [Bonded by Blood] Reference
Bullock runs Headflows, a natty enclave of hemp culture on Washington, D. C.'s, bohemian "New" U Street. From Wordnik.com. [Just Say Maybe] Reference
He came always such a picture of natty cleanliness and taste that it was a joy to be the object of his wooing. From Wordnik.com. [The Wind Before the Dawn] Reference
Her eyes grew wide and she swept the natty looking, if cheaply-dressed Western girl, with an appreciative glance. From Wordnik.com. [The Girl from Sunset Ranch Or, Alone in a Great City] Reference
And her odd-couple partnering with Hoskins, whose character hides a few secrets up his natty sleeve, has real charm. From Wordnik.com. [Judi, Judi, Judi! The Divine Ms. D Delivers.] Reference
Miss Sterling is deep in a natty duodecimo, whose Flemish aspect speaks volumes in favour of international copyright. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 379, May, 1847] Reference
He glimpsed a figure which might have stepped direct from Bond Street or Fifth Avenue, -- natty, trim, wide-shouldered. From Wordnik.com. [Gold Out of Celebes] Reference
"I may say," went on Mr. Bergman, with a look at the boys, in their natty uniforms, "that my offer depends on one thing.". From Wordnik.com. [The Young Firemen of Lakeville; or, Herbert Dare's Pluck] Reference
Even John was unable to restrain an envious stare at the natty flannel shirt and knickerbockers, and the maroon and white stockings. From Wordnik.com. [A Son of the City A Story of Boy Life] Reference
And as fashion mostly cuts Broadway -- where it used to live and promenade when Mr.N. P. Willis 'natty boots pattered about Fourteenth. From Wordnik.com. [Ainslee's, Vol. 15, No. 5, June 1905] Reference
The road always prided itself on the natty uniforms of its train crews, but Hawkeye wasn't dressed in uniform then -- mostly egg yolks. From Wordnik.com. [The Boy Scouts Book of Campfire Stories] Reference
Shaquille O'Neal wore the right clothes -- a natty suit with a bowtie -- for his introduction as the newest member of the Boston Celtics. From Wordnik.com. [Shaq joins Celtics but draws the line at Boston accents] Reference
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