tidy Meaning, Definition & Usage

noun receptacle that holds odds and ends (as sewing materials)
verb put (things or places) in order
straighten out; tidy up; straighten; clean up; square away; neaten.
- Tidy up your room!
adjective marked by order and cleanliness in appearance or habits
- a tidy person
- a tidy house
- a tidy mind
adjective satellite (of hair) neat and tidy
kempt.
- a nicely kempt beard
adjective satellite large in amount or extent or degree
sizeable; respectable; healthy; hefty; sizable; goodly; goodish.
- it cost a considerable amount
- a goodly amount
- received a hefty bonus
- a respectable sum
- a tidy sum of money
- a sizable fortune

(Zoöl.) The wren; -- called also tiddy. Prov. Eng.
The tidy for her notes as delicate as they. Drayton.
✍ This name is probably applied also to other small singing birds, as the goldcrest.

From Tide time, season; cf. D. tijdig timely, G. zeitig, Dan. & Sw. tidig.

comparative Tidier ; superlative Tidiest

Being in proper time; timely; seasonable; favorable; as, tidy weather. Obs.
If weather be fair and tidy. Tusser.
Arranged in good order; orderly; appropriate; neat; kept in proper and becoming neatness, or habitually keeping things so; as, a tidy lass; their dress is tidy; the apartments are well furnished and tidy.
A tidy man, that tened [injured] me never. Piers Plowman.

plural Tidies

A cover, often of tatting, drawn work, or other ornamental work, for the back of a chair, the arms of a sofa, or the like.
A child's pinafore. Prov. Eng. Wright.

imperfect & past participle Tidied ; present participle & verbal noun Tidying

To make things tidy. Colloq.
I have tidied and tidied over and over again. Dickens.