tidiness

tidiness
tidy ► ADJECTIVE (tidier, tidiest) 1) arranged neatly and in order. 2) inclined to keep oneself and one's possessions neat and in order. 3) informal (of an amount) considerable.
► NOUN (pl. tidies) 1) (also tidy-up) an act or spell of tidying. 2) a receptacle for holding small objects.
► VERB (tidies, tidied) 1) (often tidy up) make tidy. 2) (tidy away) put away for the sake of tidiness.
DERIVATIVES tidily adverb tidiness noun.
ORIGIN originally in the sense «timely, opportune»: from TIDE(Cf. ↑tidal).

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  • Tidiness — Ti di*ness, n. The quality or state of being tidy. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • tidiness — noun see tidy I …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • tidiness — See tidily. * * * …   Universalium

  • tidiness — noun The quality of being tidy. Ant: untidiness …   Wiktionary

  • tidiness — (Roget s IV) n. Syn. neatness, spruceness, uniformity; see cleanliness …   English dictionary for students

  • tidiness — ti·di·ness || taɪdɪnɪs n. neatness, cleanliness …   English contemporary dictionary

  • tidiness — insisted …   Anagrams dictionary

  • tidiness — n. Neatness …   New dictionary of synonyms

  • tidiness — n neatness, trimness, orderliness, spruceness, Chiefly Brit. trigness; good trim, Inf. good shape, Inf. apple pie order; methodicalness, systematicness …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

  • tidiness — ti·di·ness …   English syllables

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