tidy
neat, orderly, or trim, as in appearance or dress: a tidy room;a tidy person.
clearly organized and systematic: a tidy mind;a tidy way of working.
tolerably good; acceptable: They worked out a tidy arrangement agreeable to all.
fairly large; considerable: a tidy sum.
to make tidy or neat (often followed by up).
any of various articles for keeping things tidy, as a box having small drawers and compartments.
an antimacassar.
Origin of tidy
1Opposites for tidy
Other words from tidy
- ti·di·ly, adverb
- ti·di·ness, noun
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How to use tidy in a sentence
The swarthy, slender, tidily groomed ex-AT&T salesman from Oklahoma appeared calm as the verdicts were read.
You know that he must have been a tormented genius, or one for whom everything clicked as tidily as a safety pin.
The room was full of healthy-looking workmen, tidily dressed and busily doing honour to the porridge and other items on the menu.
Friend Mac Donald | Max O'RellHe returned to the loft with a large, thick sack, made of flax, which he laid tidily over the bed.
Heidi | Johanna SpyriShe was then entreated to dress herself as tidily as possible, but she would only go her own way.
Yorkshire Oddities, Incidents and Strange Events | S. Baring-Gould
He learnt to plait the foliage of faded crocuses, and pin them tidily to the ground with little wooden forks.
Hyacinth | George A. BirminghamBut this meant living less tidily by having less washing done, or going hungrier.
Making Both Ends Meet | Sue Ainslie Clark and Edith Wyatt
British Dictionary definitions for tidy
/ (ˈtaɪdɪ) /
characterized by or indicating neatness and order
informal considerable: a tidy sum of money
(when intr, usually foll by up) to put (things) in order; neaten
a small container in which odds and ends are kept
sink tidy a container with holes in the bottom, kept in the sink to retain rubbish that might clog the plug hole
mainly US and Canadian an ornamental protective covering for the back or arms of a chair
Origin of tidy
1Derived forms of tidy
- tidily, adverb
- tidiness, noun
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