Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Orderly and clean in appearance.
- adjective Given to keeping things clean and in order.
- adjective Informal Adequate; satisfactory.
- adjective Informal Substantial; considerable.
- intransitive verb To clean or put in order.
- intransitive verb To make things clean or orderly.
- noun A decorative protective covering for the arms or headrest of a chair.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A small singing bird, perhaps the wren.
- Seasonable; opportune; favorable; fit; suitable.
- Brave; smart; skilful; fine; good.
- Appropriate or suitable as regards order, arrangement, occasion, circumstances, or the like; becomingly or neatly arrayed or arranged; kept in good order; neat; trim: as, a tidy dress; a tidy and well-furnished apartment.
- Of neat and orderly habits; disposed to be neat and orderly: as, a tidy person.
- Moderately or fairly large, great, or important; considerable; respectable; pretty: as, a tidy sum of money.
- Satisfactory; comfortable; fairly good or well: as, How are you to-day? Tidy.
- noun A more or less ornamental covering for the back of a chair, the arms of a sofa, or the like, to keep them from becoming soiled.
- noun A pinafore or apron.
- To make neat; put in good order: often followed by up: as, to
tidy or to tidy up a room. - To arrange, dispose, or put things, as dress, furniture, etc., in good or proper order: often with up.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Zoöl.), Prov. Eng. The wren; -- called also
tiddy . - adjective obsolete Being in proper time; timely; seasonable; favorable.
- adjective Arranged in good order; orderly; appropriate; neat; kept in proper and becoming neatness, or habitually keeping things so.
- noun 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.
- noun Prov. Eng. A child's pinafore.
- transitive verb To put in proper order; to make neat.
- intransitive verb colloq. To make things tidy.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Arranged
neatly and inorder . - adjective Not messy; neat and controlled.
- adjective informal Generous, considerable.
- verb To make tidy; to
neaten . - interjection Wales Expression of positive agreement, usually in reply to a question.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective large in amount or extent or degree
- adjective marked by order and cleanliness in appearance or habits
- noun receptacle that holds odds and ends (as sewing materials)
- adjective (of hair) neat and tidy
- verb put (things or places) in order
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
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The flowers of Flower grow in tidy lines designed to be navigated on the course of level completion.
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Someone who likes having important projects sitting on your desk in tidy little stacks?
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The flowers of Flower grow in tidy lines designed to be navigated on the course of level completion.
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So my computers should all be in tidy shape at the moment.
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Her outer appearance matches her nicely, as she speaks with precision, in tidy, neatly clipped sentences punctuated with elegant gestures, and her contributions to conversation always seem organized and intelligent.
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Her outer appearance matches her nicely, as she speaks with precision, in tidy, neatly clipped sentences punctuated with elegant gestures, and her contributions to conversation always seem organized and intelligent.
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I have been completely convinced, with much help from this blog, that keeping the house clean and tidy is absolutely essential.
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Because there are too many different kinds of readers to break out their books in tidy sections.
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Clean and tidy is the best I can manage these days. johanson
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Eleanor's first work was to set Jane to eating grapes; her next, to put the place in tidy order.
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