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Arranged in a manner befitting a ship; hence, trim; tidy; orderly.

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  1. a. Arranged in a manner befitting a ship; hence, trim; tidy; orderly.
  2. adv. In a shipshape or seamanlike manner.
  3. adj. characterized by order and neatness; free from disorder
  4. 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. In a shipshape or seamanlike manner.
  5. Arranged in a manner befitting a ship; hence, trim; tidy;orderly.Even then she expressed her scorn for the lubbery executioner's modeof tying a knot, and did it herself in a shipshape orthodox manner.De Quincey.Keep everything shipshape, for I must go Tennyson.
  6. j:100 s. of places; characterized by order and neatness; free from disorder