Tidiness

Neatness, tidiness, is easy: gaze upon a manicured lawn, a minimalist room, where there is nothing to disrupt or offend one’s line of sight, and there is nothing to think about, nothing to provoke the imagination. ❋ Unknown (2009)

He had a great many housewifely ways, and his tidiness was a satisfaction to Grandma ❋ Mary Hartwell Catherwood (1874)

Why would a kid want to clean up his toys in service of "tidiness" when they're so much easier to find on the floor? ❋ Unknown (2010)

When in the presence of Irish, blacks wallowed in filth and idleness but “where the blacks were found by themselves, we generally encountered tidiness, and some sincere attempt at industry and honest self-support.” ❋ Thaddeus Russell (2010)

For example, we want to send them the messages of tidiness and responsibility for their belongings, so, every evening before they go to bed, our girls pile their books on the coffee table in our living room and put away their toys in their bedrooms. ❋ Dr. Jim Taylor (2011)

But scrupulous tidiness takes time and Gerald the perfectionist lost his chance to go elk hunting up north in Ten Sleep country. ❋ Annie Proulx (2011)

How the lunch box itself gave me pleasure, the tidiness of it, the napkin wrapped around the fork, the carton of milk, the silver rocket ships of leftover stew or coq au vin, the foil-wrapped present of pie. ❋ Kelly Simmons (2011)

In the interests of tidiness, the club made a point of doing the clean sweep by clinching a domestic Double as well. ❋ Kevin McCarra In Milan (2010)

And there can be tidiness * and* clutter – real wunderkammers were, after all, well-organized. ❋ Unknown (2009)

It is the very lack of tidiness, the Starbucks spill, the torn corners that make it something than is much more than the sum of its parts. ❋ Anya Hindmarch (2011)

The bed rose up from this sea of refuse like a small island of tidiness. ❋ Alix Rickloff (2011)

And she would have praised Millicent to the skies for her tidiness, her aversion to noise and mess, her ability to sit or stand still practically forever without squirming or exclaiming. ❋ Margaret Peterson Haddix (2011)

Last year, she met with Yemeni-American community leaders to explain how to pack airplane luggage, after two Michigan men of Yemeni descent taped bottles of Pepto-Bismol to cellphones in their checked bags—apparently for tidiness—, inadvertently triggering fears of a bombing plot. ❋ Evan Perez (2011)

Woodward's key words – "performance, responsibility, unity, pride and respect" – are wrapped around a call for tidiness, punctuality, hygiene, an avoidance of swearing and switching off mobile phones. ❋ Unknown (2012)

Freed of grass-cutting (at an expense which continues to horrify my husband) I find plenty of strength for vegetable-growing, and again spent the time digging weeds out of long-neglected corners and edges and reveling in the tidiness of the result. ❋ Jean (2009)

#1 Did you [sort out] those [diamonds]? #2 Yes, here it is. #1 [Tidy] as fuck like. ❋ Dan Fox (2003)

I hate to be [the one] [to break] it to you but we all think [your sister's] tidy... ❋ Johnny Storm (2007)

"Yo, dude. [The the] new [Bad Boys] [II] movie is fuckin' tidy, man!" ❋ Gareth (2004)

"Hey did you just [sweep] dust under the rug?!" "Yea thats how you [Tidy] you idiot" "OH your [tidying]...well that explains it" ❋ BamBam14 (2009)

[Oh my] he is tidy! he's so tidy that [well] [offt] he is tidy!!!! ❋ Squeakmaxi (2011)

[Person A]: "We're [going to the beach]" [Person B]: "Tidy!" ❋ Welshwonder91 (2010)

" That [pizza] was [actual] [tidy] " ❋ Gemma =] (2007)

[Oh girl], you're such Tidie! ❋ FREDrawr (2010)

[That guy] is so [tidy]. ❋ MissAlisha (2005)

That girl [hannah] has amazing tidis, [i want] to [lick] them. ❋ Lockywockysuckmycocky (2020)