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Shipshape
Open directlyWebster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 1 of 2
Part of speech: adjective (a.)
Arranged in a manner befitting a ship; hence, trim; tidy; orderly. Even then she expressed her scorn for the lubbery executioner's mode of tying a knot, and did it herself in a shipshape orthodox manner. De Quincey. Keep everything shipshape, for I must go Tennyson.
Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 2 of 2
Part of speech: adverb (adv.)
In a shipshape or seamanlike manner.