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The word 'neatly'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
neatlyOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus7.82617
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland 11.6 2 2
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness) 35.2 1 1
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 3.3 1 1
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 4.4 1 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 2.4 1 1
WCE - West Central 31.1 7 3
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 24.8 4 3
GLA - Glasgow 15.4 3 2
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 2.6 2 2
SEA - South East (Borders) 25 2 1
SWE - South West (Galloway)
DUL - Donegal (East Donegal)
WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry)
CUL - Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim) 62.8 2 1
BUL - Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim)
SUL - South Antrim (Between Sixmilewater and Belfast)
BEL - Eastern Ulster (Belfast)
PUL - Peninsular Ulster (Ards)
EUL - East Antrim (Larne)
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of neatly in Corpus

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Shetland

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
e him comin up da corridor, a neatly dressed ordinary young man. I on page 58

1 matches

Sutherland, Hazel Biggin Da Dess, (Shetland For Wirds 2004) Shetland, prose
ond hole for me but fashioned neatly ta fit tighter dan a screw. H
1 matches

North Northern B (Caithness)

Byrne, Catherine Alice's Mishanters in e Land o Farlies, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010609) Doric - Caithness, prose
How neatly spread his claws, on page 18

1 matches

Mid Northern A

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
n her faither. He hid steppit neatly ooto them an vanished, she ke
1 matches

General Northern

Skinner, Alison C. Tales Fae The Doric Side - Leaves, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
's library. Aa the buiks were neatly covert in sturdy broon paper. on page 22

1 matches

(South) East Central

Townsley, Jane Joe's Cloud an Ither Stuff, (lulu.com 2014 ISBN: 978-1326001612) Central - Perth, prose
the newspaper an pit it doon neatly. He opened the bellement an k on page 91

1 matches

West Central

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
There, neatly arrayed in Times Roman text, on page 36

1 matches

Sutherland, Hope Twa sisters, een room, (Scots Hoose 2020) Central - Buckie, prose
ane. Athin his tae be placed neatly, presented neatly. Ma bed iwa
, presented neatly. Ma bed iways his tae be made
his tae be made, tucked in a neatly, that is a must. Ma desk in o
. Ma wardrobe i same, claiths neatly in piles, makeup arranged nea
in piles, makeup arranged neatly roon aboot. It’s almost as
5 matches

Lochhead, Liz Ashet, (Dictionaries of the Scots Language 2021) Central, poetry
doon tae nuthin to store gey neatly in the loaby press
1 matches

Edinburgh

McKillop, Roger Uprisin' an' Doonfa', (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Edinburgh, poetry
mind, when a Government ba’ neatly took aff his heid an’ spray
1 matches

McKillop, Roger The Builders, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
Which brings me neatly tae the saga o’ Barney the
1 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
wis lang an tapert, his nails neatly cut (wha by? she wonnert). Bi
1 matches

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 4, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
sin a cream cardigan laid oot neatly oan the table ‘’Aye, mibb
1 matches

Glasgow

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
fully he seems tae grin, Flow neatly spread his claws, on page 19

1 matches

Bennett, Peter The Guru an Zander, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
ine, offerin me the lid wae a neatly chopped Patsy oan it which ah
1 matches

Bennett, Peter TA Hauf an a Hauf, (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
n is it tamed; shackled back, neatly pruned an delicately cared fu
1 matches

General Central

Fitt, Matthew Roald Dahl Reekin Rhymes, (Itchy Coo 2018 ISBN: 978-1785301834) Central, weans
Her heid, chapped neatly at the neck, on page 11

1 matches

Clark, Thomas The Boggin Beginnin, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303524) Central, weans
the axe doon and split a log neatly in twa. "Aw hoachin wi gears on page 59

1 matches

South East (Borders)

Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
How neatly spread eis claws, on page 18
guid plan, nae doot, an awfy neatly an simply arranged; th only d on page 39

2 matches

Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)

Morrison-Smyth, Anne Alice's Carrants in Wunnerlan, (Evertype 2013 ISBN: 978-1-78201-011-1) Ulster - Ballymoney, prose
Hoo neatly spread haes claas on page 20
, nae doubt aboot it, an very neatly an simply arranged: the only on page 40

2 matches

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