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What is the difference between shipshape and handsomely?

shipshape | handsomely |

As a adjective shipshape

is meticulously neat and tidy.

As a adverb handsomely is

in a handsome manner.

shipshape

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • meticulously neat and tidy
  • * 1937 , , 01:44:00:
    • -- When are you going out fishing again? -- Oh, in about six weeks, when we're shipshape aloft.
  • Organized, serviceable, trained and ready for action

    • Related terms

    * shipshape and Bristol fashion

    handsomely

    English

    Adverb

    (en adverb)
  • In a handsome manner.
  • (nautical) Carefully; in shipshape style.