tidy
adjective
neat, orderly, or trim, as in appearance or dress.
tidily
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a word derived from
tidy.
Example Sentences
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Maybe all of this chaos will be tidily wrapped up before the end of the month and any fallout will be mercifully avoided.
From Slate ● Mar. 6, 2026
Walker showed a clear head in an unfamiliar situation to finish tidily.
From BBC ● Sep. 9, 2023
The tidily arrayed magnets on the front and side of the refrigerator clue visitors in to her heroes in the most compact way possible.
From New York Times ● Jun. 6, 2023
There's a scene in an earlier season that sums up this dynamic tidily: During a prank war, fake cops are called to a party to handcuff Sandoval as retribution for toilet-papering Jax's house.
From Salon ● May 26, 2023
It isn’t that every atom in the sample will exist for exactly 30 seconds or 60 seconds or 90 seconds or some other tidily ordained period.
From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson
