The door gave access to a tidily furnished sitting-room where chintz and oak predominated. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Adjective : a tidy room; a tidy person. ,a tidy mind; a tidy way of working. ,They worked out a tidy arrangement agreeable to all. ,a tidy sum. From Dictionary.com.
Inside there were many cars tidily parked in ranks. From Wordnik.com. [Come To Grief]
When she paused, he replaced the pen tidily in its rack. From Wordnik.com. [The Grell Mystery] Reference
And politics is a-- well, it's not tidily winks by any means. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Aug 5, 2008] Reference
| Reply | Permalink yep, sums them up rather tidily, I'd say. From Wordnik.com. [Poll: Thompson Close Second To Rudy] Reference
All in all, they're a more tidily dressed crowd than the Democrats. From Wordnik.com. [Eye of the Storm] Reference
He was clean-shaven, tidily dressed, and smelled faintly of bourbon. From Wordnik.com. [Till the Butchers Cut Him Down]
When traveling, small, plain hats and tidily draped veils are necessary. From Wordnik.com. [The Etiquette of To-day] Reference
Stack unused pallets tidily and treat them with insecticide before and after use!. From Wordnik.com. [5. Central storage] Reference
The tidily arranged covers were soaked with blood, particularly around Ms. Cartoulis. From Wordnik.com. [Mary, Mary]
Order forbids details in a picture: she puts them tidily away; but details give charm. From Wordnik.com. [Shirley, by Charlotte Bronte] Reference
Her hair is tidily brushed, and her nice white collar hangs over the edge of her dress. From Wordnik.com. [Little Folks (December 1884) A Magazine for the Young] Reference
She made a sound of annoyance, then began gathering her sketching things tidily together. From Wordnik.com. [The Palace of Darkened Windows] Reference
The small black thing picked it up tidily, and the insistent silver voice rang after him. From Wordnik.com. [Science Fiction Hall of Fame]
He was brushing up tidily, when Mr. Knight, to whose face the colour was returning, spoke. From Wordnik.com. [The Little Red Chimney Being the Love Story of a Candy Man] Reference
Under cover of their attacks, the goblin horde tidily dragged away its dead to devour them. From Wordnik.com. [The Outstretched Shadow] Reference
It fit tidily beside the raised stage, played eloquently, and didn't have to strain to be heard. From Wordnik.com. ['Poppea' Has a Club Date] Reference
When you have finished working, clean them and put them away tidily so that they will keep better. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 5] Reference
They learned nothing, save for the inference that when the end had come the people had died tidily. From Wordnik.com. [On The Beach]
The hollow was lined tidily and softly with dried grass, and made a comfortable place to sit, no doubt. From Wordnik.com. [Bird Stories] Reference
The morning is cold and Sir Colin shoves another log on to the fire in his tidily arranged drawing room. From Wordnik.com. [Operation Sea Lion]
The phone rang and, with his new system, Rhyme tidily answered the call and turned on the speaker-phone. From Wordnik.com. [The Coffin Dancer]
Russo tidily describes this dichotomy in the story "Monhegan Light," from his collection The Whore's Child. From Wordnik.com. [Is Author Richard Russo A Misogynist?] Reference
Nurse Kettle sat tidily on an armless chair with her feet crossed at the ankles and her hands at the wrists. From Wordnik.com. [Scales of Justice]
No, no; you and I will stay comfortably here by the fire, and I'll give you your tea and put you tidily to bed. From Wordnik.com. [Kate Coventry An Autobiography] Reference
Here, tucked away among the mountains as tidily as some Eastern village, lies the county seat of Sierra County. From Wordnik.com. [Forty-one Thieves A Tale of California] Reference
But always doing it the easy way, snuffing myself tidily like a candle flame, flying away, fading into negation. From Wordnik.com. [Perseus Spur]
Since he was stuck, he carted it into the garage where his bike hung tidily — by Mom decree — on a rack on the wall. From Wordnik.com. [Blood Brothers]
He was looking through the pile of newspapers which still lay tidily on the table, but in the end left them undisturbed. From Wordnik.com. [Smokescreen]
Holmes had taken no particular note of him when he wandered in, other than noticing how tall, thin, and tidily dressed he was. From Wordnik.com. [Locked Rooms]
No one who had fallen, or been pushed or knocked, would ever have come to rest so tidily, virtually out of sight in the shallows. From Wordnik.com. [War Game]
Perhaps he secretly wished he could ask Gord's advice, for Gord had swiftly and tidily completed his maths assignment an hour ago. From Wordnik.com. [Shaman's Crossing]
The only circumstance in connection with them that at all struck me was that the seal lay tidily in the tray with the pencils and the wax. From Wordnik.com. [The Woman in White] Reference
Soon after, I found Rhoda, with her dress tidily pinned out of harm's way, standing at a barrel, and poking vigorously with a stick longer than herself. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 109, November, 1866] Reference
In a manuscript of 1316, a country-woman is engaged in churning, dressed in a comfortable gown and apron, the gown tidily pinned up, and her head and neck in a coverchief. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 107, September, 1866] Reference
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