tidily
advEtymology From Middle English tidili, tidily, equivalent to tidy + -ly.
1
In a tidy manner; neatly; cleanly.
- And a man mun keep watch at t mill toft / To stiddy his mouter-dish — help him to sift it, / And see it's o' tidily done1875, William Dickinson, Cumbriana; Or, Fragments of Cumbrian Life, page 231:
- Bonnet drama, conversely, removes us tidily from any such responsibility to a world of rules and rituals, where everyone knows their place...2000, Maureen Lipman, Lip Reading:
2 more examples
- A pile of assorted kitchen gear—a heavy frypan dark with soot, several spoons and forks stuck tidily in a clean pot, a kettle as blackened as the frypan, and a large pot that tilted benignly to one side—rested against the side of the firepit.2004, Faith Richardson, Fay Lapka Richardson, Hoverlight, page 200:
- The rabbits barely acknowledged her, intent on cleaning themselves, nibbling their food, tidily excreting.2018, Melanie Finn, The Underneath:
2
Obsolete seasonably; betimes
3
Obsolete suitably; duly; favourably