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You know what I like to do on a Sunday morning? Clean my house. I really enjoy it; it's my ritual. I require tidiness, actually. I have to have everything spotless before I can relax.
Jonathan Rhys Meyers

Meaning of "tidiness" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF TIDINESS

tidiness  [ˈtaɪdɪnɪs] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF TIDINESS

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Tidiness is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES TIDINESS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Orderliness

Orderliness is associated with other qualities such as cleanliness and diligence—and the desire for order and symmetry, and is generally considered to be a desirable quality. In psychology, an excessive desire for orderliness can be associated with obsessive–compulsive disorder and the term anal retentive, —from Freudian psychoanalysis—is used conversationally to describe a person with such attention to orderliness and detail that it becomes close to a mental disorder.

Definition of tidiness in the English dictionary

The definition of tidiness in the dictionary is the quality of being neat and orderly. Other definition of tidiness is the habit of arranging things in a neat and organized way.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH TIDINESS


cloudiness
ˈklaʊdɪnɪs
foolhardiness
ˈfuːlˌhɑːdɪnɪs
giddiness
ˈɡɪdɪnɪs
greediness
ˈɡriːdɪnɪs
handiness
ˈhændɪnɪs
hardiness
ˈhɑːdɪnɪs
moodiness
ˈmuːdɪnɪs
neediness
ˈniːdɪnɪs
readiness
ˈrɛdɪnɪs
rowdiness
ˈraʊdɪnɪs
shadiness
ˈʃeɪdɪnɪs
speediness
ˈspiːdɪnɪs
steadiness
ˈstɛdɪnɪs
sturdiness
ˈstɜːdɪnɪs
tardiness
ˈtɑːdɪnɪs
trendiness
ˈtrendɪnɪs
unsteadiness
ʌnˈstɛdɪnɪs
untidiness
ʌnˈtaɪdɪnɪs
woodiness
ˈwʊdɪnɪs
wordiness
ˈwɜːdɪnɪs

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE TIDINESS

tidelike
tideline
tidemark
tidemill
tidesman
tidewaiter
tidewater
tidewave
tideway
tidied
tidier
tidies
tidiest
tidily
tidings
tidivation
tidy
tidy-out
tidy-up
tidytips

WORDS THAT END LIKE TIDINESS

agribusiness
big business
bulkiness
business
cleanliness
cleanliness is next to godliness
comeliness
dizziness
do the business
e-business
emptiness
family business
fitness
friendliness
happiness
holiness
laziness
loneliness
loveliness
show business
timeliness

Synonyms and antonyms of tidiness in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «tidiness» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF TIDINESS

Find out the translation of tidiness to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of tidiness from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «tidiness» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

整洁
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

pulcritud
570 millions of speakers

English

tidiness
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

सफ़ाई
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

طهارة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

опрятность
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

asseio
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

পারিপাট্য
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

propreté
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Kebersihan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Ordnung
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

整頓
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

정연
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Kebecikan
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

cách sắp đặt thứ tự
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

tidiness
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

नीटनेटकेपणा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

düzenlilik
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

ordine
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

czystość
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

охайність
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

curățenia
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

νοικοκυροσύνη
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

netheid
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

tidiness
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

ryddighet
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of tidiness

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «TIDINESS»

The term «tidiness» is normally little used and occupies the 110.188 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «TIDINESS» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about tidiness

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3 QUOTES WITH «TIDINESS»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word tidiness.
1
Brunello Cucinelli
Order and tidiness is the first law of Heaven.
2
Ariel Dorfman
Life may unfold chronologically for the body and for bureaucracies that keep track of such things as births, marriages, deaths, visas, tax returns, expulsions, and identity cards, but memory does not play this game in quite the same way, always manages to confound the desire for tidiness.
3
Jonathan Rhys Meyers
You know what I like to do on a Sunday morning? Clean my house. I really enjoy it; it's my ritual. I require tidiness, actually. I have to have everything spotless before I can relax.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «TIDINESS»

Discover the use of tidiness in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to tidiness and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Untidiness Problem in Dhanmondi-- And Its Solutions
People in some cultures value more tidiness, than others. This creates a social norm that t emphasizes the value of Tidiness. Therefore, a culture with high- tidiness standards is going to be cleaner, than cultures with low-tidiness standards, ...
Monirul Islam
2
The Knickerbocker: Or, New-York Monthly Magazine
There is a world of truth and sound philosophy in an elaborate article from a late English journal, 'Concerning Tidiness,' as an over-looked source of human content Various pictures are drawn, and eminent illustrative examples cited, pro and ...
Charles Fenno Hoffman, Timothy Flint, Lewis Gaylord Clark, 1859
3
The Knickerbocker; Or, New-York Monthly Magazine
Gossip with Readers and Correspondents. -□— There is a world of truth and sound philosophy in an elaborate article from a late English journal, 'Concerning Tidiness,' as an over-looked source of human content Various pictures are drawn , ...
‎1859
4
The Knickerbocker
There is a world of truth and sound philosophy in an elaborate article from a late English journal, ' Concerning Tidiness? as an over-looked source of human content Various pictures are drawn, and eminent illustrative examples cited, pro and ...
John Holmes Agnew, 1859
5
Facing it: AIDS Diaries and the Death of the Author
That's why it is not enough for the diary to be testimonial, as a kind of will; the will must itself constitute a counterattack on tidiness, having the function of a position paper. Tidiness, "nearly a key term" in Brisbane and clearly manifested in the ...
Ross Chambers, 2001
6
Moving Ourselves, Moving Others: Motion and Emotion in ...
The intersubjective exchange may now be distinguished as 'tertiary intersubjectivity', which requires the construction of complete linguistic enunciations constituted to describe a shared abstract object of reference – e.g. the concept of 'tidiness' ...
Ad Foolen, 2012
7
The Human Bible: the Neutral Bible: The Ultimate Self-Help Book
Human Main Aspect Subject + Human Simple Aspect Subject = Philosophical + Tidiness = You will be creating a 'Human Main-Simple Aspect Combination Then, think about how it relates to you and also how you and/or your life situation ...
Rex Supreme, 2012
8
The Eclectic Magazine of Foreign Literature, Science, and Art
Tidiness has in it much more than meets the eye. It will generally be found that a love of material order involves a love of moral order, for there is a much greater sympathy than is commonly supposed between corporeal and mental habits, ...
‎1843
9
Smart Housekeeping
Tidiness. is. a. Must. Although our burgeoning population has not yet forced us to live in tiny spaces as in Tokyo, dwellings are no longer as spacious as what they used to be. Our cities in particular, which have increased in size and numbers, ...
Rupa Chatterjee, 2001
10
Examination of the Accuracy of Teacher Judgments of Academic ...
Doherty and Conolly (1985) examined the influence of tidiness in students on teachers' judgment of their academic performance. Their study required the teachers to predict scores on three achievement measures, one in mathematics, reading ...
Anuja Divatia Mukherjee, 2008

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «TIDINESS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term tidiness is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Villages rewarded for their tidiness
Villages rewarded for their tidiness. Villages rewarded for their tidiness. 03:00 Friday ... Villages are celebrating after being praised for their tidiness. Earls Colne ... «Halstead Gazette, Jul 15»
2
Brit Hume Slams 'Stomach-Turning' Abortion Industry's 'Veil of …
“Those revelations … have parted the veil of antiseptic tidiness behind which the abortion industry has for so long operated,” Hume declared. «NewsBusters, Jul 15»
3
Video has “parted the veil of antiseptic tidiness behind which the …
A colleague at work told me about a very brief but powerful commentary delivered yesterday by Fox News Senior Political Analyst Brit Hume He told me Mr. «National Right to Life News, Jul 15»
4
Volunteers Restore the tidiness to their community
MOUNTAINS of rubbish were piled up outside Restore last week as volunteers from the upcycle charity project and Swindon-based building society Nationwide ... «Swindon Advertiser, Jul 15»
5
Health checkup: Five health benefits of tidiness
The health of our living and work space can affect our own health — physically, mentally, emotionally, and socially. Tidiness and cleanliness can profoundly ... «Rochester Democrat and Chronicle, Jul 15»
6
This is your brain on tidiness: The psychology of 'organization porn'
(CNN) Emily Blincoe's Instagram feed is a virtual haven for neat freaks everywhere. Scroll through, and you'll find image after satisfying image of food, plants and ... «CNN, Apr 15»
7
The top 10 reasons why couples argue
Tidiness/cleanliness. Never have there been two people who had exactly the same standards in these areas. To one person, the other will always be a slob. «The Guardian, Mar 15»
8
infinitum table's luminous surface encourages tidiness
tasked to design an object that required arduino (an open source electronics platform) to function, and included an on/off switch new york-based designer ... «Designboom, Feb 15»
9
Tidiness guru says keep only the things that bring you happiness
Her introduction to tidiness came from watching her mother struggle to maintain orderliness in their home. "As my mother was a housewife, I, too, became very ... «South China Morning Post, Feb 15»
10
Tackling some of the issues over town tidiness
Councillors recently took a stroll around Alnwick with the county council's new head of neighbourhood services to look at some of the issues. Northumberland ... «Northumberland Gazette, Nov 14»

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