tidiness

Example Sentences

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Tidiness of plot is not always a theatrical virtue, but neither is a loosey-goosey narrative.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 15, 2017

Tidiness translates into discipline, and that can be lifesaving.

From Time • Sep. 26, 2010

Tidiness is one of the last gifts of civilization.

From The Soul of a People by Fielding, H. (Harold)

Tidiness is a virtue, indeed, but when carried to an extreme it becomes actually a disagreeable quality.

From A Word to Women by Humphry, Mrs. C. E.

Tidiness, it is pleasant to know, has for a good many years past been establishing itself in Scotland among the minor domestic virtues.

From Recreations of Christopher North, Volume I (of 2) by Wilson, John Lyde