tidiness
- a word derived from tidy.
Example Sentences
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One of the pleasures here is witnessing both actors reanimate the rhythms of a long-ago conversation, their text absent the typical tidiness of a screenplay and instead an interwoven network of inflection, attitude, allusion.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2025
It feels satisfying that he was apprehended, and as a reporter there’s a certain kind of tidiness about it being ready for Monday morning.
From Slate ● Jun. 17, 2025
Schools have traditionally associated short hair with discipline and tidiness - an argument that has been repeated by many social media users this week.
From BBC ● Mar. 7, 2025
Even after a somewhat improbable move by the four kids brings the clan up to Robbie’s Oregon home, there’s very little angst and plenty of tidiness, coziness and safety.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 23, 2024
The people who lived in the house came to look on her as a quiet child who had a queer complex about tidiness.
From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith
