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Tidy

tidy

adjective

a tidy place looks nice because everything is in the correct place or arranged or is organized properly

neat

adjective

carefully arranged and looking nice

orderly

adjective

correctly or tidily arranged or organized

organized

adjective

well arranged

ordered

adjective

carefully arranged or organized

uncluttered

adjective

simple and not containing unnecessary things

well-kept

adjective

a well-kept place such as a house or garden looks good because someone often works on its appearance

shipshape

adjective

tidy and in good condition

manicured

adjective

manicured grass has been cut very tidily and is well looked after

just so

used for saying that everything is arranged in a tidy way

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a news article that consists of a chart … and only has a small amount of text

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