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TIDINESS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does tidiness mean? 

TIDINESS (noun)
  The noun TIDINESS has 2 senses:

1. the habit of being tidyplay

2. the trait of being neat and orderlyplay

  Familiarity information: TIDINESS used as a noun is rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


TIDINESS (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

The habit of being tidy

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("tidiness" is a kind of...):

order; orderliness (a condition of regular or proper arrangement)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "tidiness"):

neatness; spruceness (the state of being neat and smart and trim)

Antonym:

untidiness (the condition of being untidy)

Derivation:

tidy (marked by order and cleanliness in appearance or habits)


Sense 2

Meaning:

The trait of being neat and orderly

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

neatness; tidiness

Hypernyms ("tidiness" is a kind of...):

cleanliness (diligence in keeping clean)

Antonym:

untidiness (the trait of being untidy and messy)

Derivation:

tidy (marked by order and cleanliness in appearance or habits)

tidy ((of hair) neat and tidy)


 Context examples 


“Your tidiness won’t bear much strain after all, Watson.”

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

As I entered I saw, it is true, an unwonted tidiness, but the old landmarks were all in their place.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)



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