shipshape Meaning, Definition & Usage
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adjective satellite of places; characterized by order and neatness; free from disorder
trim; well-kept.
- even the barn was shipshape
- a trim little sailboat
WordNet
Ship"shape` adjective
Definitions
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.
Ship"shape` adverb
Definitions
In a shipshape or seamanlike manner.
