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  1. 1. a. Arranged in a manner befitting a ship; hence, trim; tidy; orderly. Source: opted
  2. 2. adv. In a shipshape or seamanlike manner. Source: opted
  3. 3. adj. characterized by order and neatness; free from disorder Source: wordnet
  4. 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. Source: webster
  5. 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. Source: adambom
  6. 6. j:100 s. of places; characterized by order and neatness; free from disorder Source: ecdict

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