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adjective, ti·di·er, ti·di·est.

  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.

verb (used with or without object), ti·died, ti·dy·ing.

  1. to make tidy or neat (often followed by up).

noun, plural ti·dies.

  1. any of various articles for keeping things tidy, as a box having small drawers and compartments.
  2. an antimacassar.

adjective -dier or -diest

  1. characterized by or indicating neatness and order
  2. informal considerablea tidy sum of money

verb -dies, -dying or -died

  1. (when intr, usually foll by up) to put (things) in order; neaten

noun plural -dies

    1. a small container in which odds and ends are kept
    2. sink tidya container with holes in the bottom, kept in the sink to retain rubbish that might clog the plug hole
  1. mainly US and Canadian an ornamental protective covering for the back or arms of a chair

adj.mid-13c., probably originally “in season, timely, opportune, excellent,” from tide in the sense of “season, time” (see tide). Cf. Old High German zitig, German zeitig, Dutch tijdig, Danish tidig “timely.” Meaning “neat and in order” first recorded 1706. v.“to make neat, set in order,” 1821, from tidy (adj.). Related: Tidied; tidying.

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