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tidyness

tidyness is the archaic spelling of tidiness.

Meaning of tidiness

Noun

tidiness (usually uncountable, plural tidinesses)

  1. (usually) The quality of being tidy.
    • 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...1951 April, Stirling Everard, “A Matter of Pedigree”, in Railway Magazine, number 600, page 274

Origin of tidyness

From tidy + -ness.

Questions about tidyness

What is tidyness the archaic spelling of?
Tidyness is the archaic spelling of tidiness.

Words near tidyness in the dictionary

  1. tidying
  2. tidying one's sock drawer
  3. tidying up
  4. tidyings
  5. tidyish
  6. tidyness
  7. tidytips
  8. tie
  9. tie a can to it
  10. tie and dye
  11. tie back

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