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
He could cook, as all knew, particularly his employer, while he was the tidiest of valets.
Under the Chinese Dragon | F. S. BreretonIt was only the tidiest and the greenest mound in all the churchyard.
Peccavi | E. W. HornungThe woman who keeps her home tidiest and her children cleanest collars the prize.
Simon the Jester | William J. LockeWe made a bag to hold our tidiest clothes, and blue cotton covers for the mattresses and a bag to keep our pillows clean.
Across the Prairie in a Motor Caravan | Frances Halton Eva HasellAccident in the sense of brute fact had to be acknowledged even by the tidiest and most dogmatic atomism of the last century.
Theodicy | G. W. Leibniz
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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