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tidy

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8
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7
Letters
4
Pronunciation
/ˈtaɪ.di/

Definition of tidy

15 senses · 5 parts of speech · etymology included

adj

  1. Arranged neatly and in order.
    “She always kept her desk immaculately tidy; nothing was ever out of place.”
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adj

  1. Arranged neatly and in order.
    “She always kept her desk immaculately tidy; nothing was ever out of place.”
  2. Not messy; neat and controlled.
    “Keep Britain tidy by picking up litter.”
  3. (colloquial)Satisfactory; comfortable.
  4. (colloquial)Generous, considerable.
    “The scheme made a tidy profit.”
    “Two hundred thousand people! Miss Glory, that's a tidy lot. Not bad.”
  5. (obsolete)In good time; at the right time; timely; seasonable; opportune; favourable; fit; suitable.
    “if weather be fair and tidy”
  6. (obsolete)Brave; smart; skillful; fine; good.
  7. Appropriate or suitable as regards occasion, circumstances, arrangement, or order.
  8. Normalized in a certain way that optimizes for data analysis.

verb

  1. To make tidy; to neaten.

noun

  1. (in-compounds)A container or other device for storing or organizing loose items in a tidy fashion.
    “desk tidy; sink tidy; cable tidy”
    “It was in the days when[…]every scrap of cotton or linen found its way into the ‘tidy’.”
    “NORRIS'S SINK TIDY. J NORRIS AND SONS, Sunningdale, near Ascot, the inventors of the "Little Friend" soap-tray, have extended the usefulness of this utensil by designing a sink-tidy for carrying three of the trays in the manner shown in the engraving. The tidy is formed by a strip of light wood[…]The price at which the tidy is offered virtually places it within the reach of everyone.”
    “Inside there it was, the 1337 Revolving Desk Tidy.[…]The round "tidy" was divided into six segments "for all types of small sundries," and looked a bit like a grapefruit cut across the middle.”
  2. A cover, often of tatting, drawn work, or other ornamental work, for the back of a chair, the arms of a sofa, etc.
  3. (dated)A child's pinafore.
    “A much coarser cotton, according to the fancy of the worker, may be used for the trimmings of night dresses, petticoats, D'Oyleys, tidies, etc.”
  4. The wren.
    “The Tydie for her notes as delicate as they”

intj

  1. (Wales)Expression of agreement or positive acknowledgement, usually in reply to a question; great, fine.

name

  1. A surname.

Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.

Etymology

From Middle English tidy, tydy, tidi (“timely, seasonal, opportune”), from tide (“time”) + -y. Cognate with Saterland Frisian tiedig (“timely, early”), Dutch tijdig (“timely”), German Low German tiedig (“timely”), German zeitig (“seasonal, timely”), Danish tidig (“timely”), Swedish tidig (“timely”).

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