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Cut devastating figure in New York, in smart style (7)

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I believe the answer is:

nattily

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'cut devastating figure in' is the definition.
Both the definition and answer are adverbs. Perhaps there's an association between them I don't understand?

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(Another definition for nattily that I've seen is " in a dapper manner".)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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