Tidily
adverb
In a neat and orderly manner.
She folded the clothes tidily

Often appears as...
- fold clothes tidily
- tidy up tidily
adverb
In a manner showing good performance or organisation.
The team played tidily and won the match

Often appears as...
- play tidily
- perform tidily
adverb
In a neat and orderly manner.
She folded the clothes tidily

Often appears as...
- fold clothes tidily
- tidy up tidily
adverb
In a manner showing good performance or organisation.
The team played tidily and won the match

Often appears as...
- play tidily
- perform tidily
Definition 1 of 2

Physical Order
Use 'tidily' when referring to arranging objects in a careful, organized way.

He arranged his desk tidily before starting work.
Visual Clarity
'Tidily' often implies that something looks visually pleasing because of its order.

The flowers were planted tidily in rows.
Positive Impression
Doing things tidily usually gives a positive impression of a person's habits or character.

She completed her assignments tidily, impressing her teacher.
Physical Order
Use 'tidily' when referring to arranging objects in a careful, organized way.

He arranged his desk tidily before starting work.
Visual Clarity
'Tidily' often implies that something looks visually pleasing because of its order.

The flowers were planted tidily in rows.
Positive Impression
Doing things tidily usually gives a positive impression of a person's habits or character.

She completed her assignments tidily, impressing her teacher.
Physical Order
Use 'tidily' when referring to arranging objects in a careful, organized way.

He arranged his desk tidily before starting work.
Visual Clarity
'Tidily' often implies that something looks visually pleasing because of its order.

The flowers were planted tidily in rows.
Positive Impression
Doing things tidily usually gives a positive impression of a person's habits or character.

She completed her assignments tidily, impressing her teacher.
Video examples
Why should you read Kurt...
and he set out to explore the ambiguity between good and bad fortune in his own work. When Vonnegut ditched clear-cut fortunes, he also abandoned straightforward chronology. Instead of proceeding tidily from beginning to end, in his stories
Video examples
The 4 a.m. mystery PIPE...
No, not everything fits so tidily into the paradigm, but that does not mean there's not something going on at the highest possible levels. In fact there are people in this room who may not want me to show you this clip we're about to see.
Video examples
Why should you read Kurt...
and he set out to explore the ambiguity between good and bad fortune in his own work. When Vonnegut ditched clear-cut fortunes, he also abandoned straightforward chronology. Instead of proceeding tidily from beginning to end, in his stories
Video examples
The 4 a.m. mystery PIPE...
No, not everything fits so tidily into the paradigm, but that does not mean there's not something going on at the highest possible levels. In fact there are people in this room who may not want me to show you this clip we're about to see.
Example 1 of 2
Quote examples
Darin Strauss
American Writer
V. S. Pritchett was one of the most admired, fun, talked-about writers of the 20th century: he was knighted by Queen Elizabeth for his work with prose. He was born in 1900, wrote till he died in 1997, and has been tidily forgotten ever since. This is a real shame.

Quote examples
Lindsay Duncan
Scottish Actress
It's an important point to make that people can't just be invalidated, eradicated, because they don't fit tidily into a box. And more and more, the modern world is all about conformity.

Quote examples
Darin Strauss
American Writer
V. S. Pritchett was one of the most admired, fun, talked-about writers of the 20th century: he was knighted by Queen Elizabeth for his work with prose. He was born in 1900, wrote till he died in 1997, and has been tidily forgotten ever since. This is a real shame.

Quote examples
Lindsay Duncan
Scottish Actress
It's an important point to make that people can't just be invalidated, eradicated, because they don't fit tidily into a box. And more and more, the modern world is all about conformity.

Example 1 of 2
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