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.
- 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.
- noun A small singing bird, perhaps the wren.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Zoöl.), Prov. Eng. The wren; -- called also
tiddy . - intransitive verb colloq. To make things tidy.
- 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.
- 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.
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
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Examples
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The flowers of Flower grow in tidy lines designed to be navigated on the course of level completion.
Archive 2009-02-01 SVGL 2009
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Someone who likes having important projects sitting on your desk in tidy little stacks?
Writer Unboxed » Blog Archive » Top Tips for Maxing Out Your Productivity, Part 1 2009
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The flowers of Flower grow in tidy lines designed to be navigated on the course of level completion.
Flower's Lawful, Logical Wind SVGL 2009
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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.
Still More BFF Blogger Goodness! kittenpie 2008
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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.
slayground: Books for the Ages: or, Why I Don't Use the Term MG Little Willow 2007
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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.
The Old Helmet 1864
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