Meanings
plural tidinesses
- uncountableusuallyThe quality of being tidy.
1 more example
The amount of external pipework is also unusual in a British locomotive, though apparent in the most recent L.M.S.R. designs, such as the Class "4" 2-6-0s; but while lacking the tidiness of the old school of British locomotive engineering, this has obvious application for maintenance purposes in present circumstances.
1951 April, Stirling Everard, “A Matter of Pedigree”, in Railway Magazine, number 600, page 274
Synonyms & antonyms
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
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Translations
Arabic هِنْدَام
- هِنْدَام (hindām)the quality of being tidy
Bengali পারিপাট্য
- পারিপাট্য (paripaṭṭo)the quality of being tidy
Bulgarian спретнатост
- спретнатост (spretnatost)the quality of being tidy
Dutch netheid, zindelijkheid
- netheidthe quality of being tidy
- zindelijkheidthe quality of being tidy
Finnish siivo
- siivothe quality of being tidy
German Ordnung
- Ordnungthe quality of being tidy
Irish ordúlacht, slacht
- ordúlachtthe quality of being tidy
- slachtthe quality of being tidy
Italian compostezza
- compostezzathe quality of being tidy
Latin munditia
- munditiathe quality of being tidy
Latvian tīrīgums, spodrība
- tīrīgumsthe quality of being tidy
- spodrībathe quality of being tidy
- kārtībathe quality of being tidy
Portuguese asseio
- asseiothe quality of being tidy
Russian опря́тность, аккура́тность
- опря́тность (oprjátnostʹ)the quality of being tidy
- аккура́тность (akkurátnostʹ)the quality of being tidy
Slovak upravenosť, úhľadnosť
- upravenosťthe quality of being tidy
- úhľadnosťthe quality of being tidy
Spanish aseo, pulcritud
- aseothe quality of being tidy
- pulcritudthe quality of being tidy
- prolijidadthe quality of being tidy
Swedish ordning
- ordningthe quality of being tidy
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Cite this entry
tidiness. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tidiness
“tidiness.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tidiness. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “tidiness,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tidiness.
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