adjective, -di⋅er, -di⋅est, verb, -died, -dy⋅ing, noun, plural -dies.| 1. | neat, orderly, or trim, as in appearance or dress: a tidy room; a tidy person. |
| 2. | clearly organized and systematic: a tidy mind; a tidy way of working. |
| 3. | tolerably good; acceptable: They worked out a tidy arrangement agreeable to all. |
| 4. | fairly large; considerable: a tidy sum. |
| 5. | to make tidy or neat (often fol. by up). |
| 6. | any of various articles for keeping things tidy, as a box having small drawers and compartments. |
| 7. | an antimacassar. |