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   Ti·dy

   /ˈtīdē/

   

   adjective

   • 1. arranged neatly and in order: "his scrupulously tidy apartment" Similar neatneat and tidyas neat as a new pinorderlywell orderedin (good) orderwell keptshipshape (and Bristol fashion)in apple-pie orderimmaculatespick and spanunclutteredorganizedwell organizedwell arrangedsorted outstraightstraightened outtrimsprucearchaic:tricksyOpposite untidymessy
   • ▪ (of a person) inclined to keep things or one's appearance neat and in order: "she was a tidy little girl" Similar smartsprucedappertrimneatwell groomedwell turned outorganizedwell organizedmethodicalsystematicefficientmeticulousfastidiousinformal:nattydated:as if one had just stepped out of a bandboxarchaic:trigOpposite scruffydisorganized
   • ▪ not messy; neat and controlled: "he wrote down her replies in a small, tidy hand"
   • 2. (of an amount, especially of money) considerable: informal "the book will bring in a tidy sum" Similar largesizeableconsiderablesubstantialsignificantappreciablehandsomegenerousamplerespectablelargishbiggishfairdecentdecent-sizedhealthybonnyinformal:not to be sneezed atseriousarchaic:goodlyOpposite smalltiny

   noun

   • 1. a receptacle for holding small objects or waste scraps: "a cable tidy"
   • 2. another term for antimacassar US

   verb

   • 1. bring order to (something); arrange neatly: "the boys have finally tidied their bedroom" Similar put in orderclear upsort output to rightsstraighten (out)make shipshapecleanclean upspruce upinformal:dejunkgroom oneselfspruce oneself upfreshen oneself uppreen oneselfprimp oneselfprink oneselfpretty oneselfbeautify oneselfinformal:titivate oneselfdoll oneself uptart oneself uparchaic:plume oneselftrig oneself

   Word Origin Middle English: from the noun tide + -y1. The original meaning was ‘timely, opportune’; it later had various senses expressing approval, usually of a person, including ‘attractive’, ‘healthy’, and ‘skillful’; the sense ‘orderly, neat’ dates from the early 18th century.

   Derivatives

   • 1. tidily adverb

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