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

tidy (comparative tidier, superlative tidiest)

Arranged neatly and in order.
Keep Britain tidy by picking up litter.
Not messy; neat and controlled.
(colloquial) Satisfactory; comfortable.
(colloquial) Generous, considerable.
The scheme made a tidy profit.
(obsolete) In good time; at the right time; timely; seasonable; opportune; favourable; fit; suitable.
- 1573, Thomas Tusser, Five Hundred Points of Good Husbandry:
  if weather be fair and tidy
(obsolete) Brave; smart; skillful; fine; good.
Appropriate or suitable as regards occasion, circumstances, arrangement, or order.

arranged neatly

Afrikaans: netjies (af)
Armenian: կոկիկ (hy) (kokik)
Bulgarian: спретнат (bg) (spretnat), подреден (bg) (podreden)
Catalan: endreçat (ca)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 整齊／整齐 (zh) (zhěngqí)
Czech: uklizený
Danish: ordentlig (da), opryddet
Dutch: net (nl), proper (nl), rein (nl)
Finnish: siisti (fi)
French: ordonné (fr)
German: sauber (de), ordentlich (de)
Greek: τακτοποιημένος (el) (taktopoiiménos), νοικοκυρεμένος (el) (noikokyreménos), περιποιημένος (el) (peripoiiménos), φροντισμένος (el) (frontisménos)
Ancient: κόσμιος (kósmios)
Irish: cúirialta
Italian: ordinato (it) m
Japanese: こざっぱりした (kozappari shita)
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: پاک و تەمیز‎ (pak û temîz)
Latin: mundus
Malagasy: milamina (mg)
Maori: nahanaha, pūhangaiti
Norwegian:
Bokmål: ryddig (no)

Nynorsk: ryddig
Persian: پاکیزه‎ (fa) (pâkize)
Plautdietsch: krakjt
Polish: schludny (pl) m
Portuguese: limpo (pt), ordenado (pt), arrumado (pt)
Russian: аккура́тный (ru) (akkurátnyj), опря́тный (ru) (oprjátnyj), чи́стый (ru) (čístyj)
Scots: dink
Scottish Gaelic: cunbhalach
Slovak: úhľadný, usporiadaný, upravený
Spanish: ordenado (es), pulcro (es), prolijo (es)
Thai: เรียบร้อย (th) (rîiap-rɔ́ɔi)
Welsh: taclus (cy)
Yiddish: זויבער‎ (zoyber), ציכטיק‎ (tsikhtik)

generous, considerable

tidy (third-person singular simple present tidies, present participle tidying, simple past and past participle tidied)

To make tidy; to neaten.
- (Can we date this quote by Kobold Adventure and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)
  There's a work room, with an orange-scaled kobold tidying up a series of massaging tables

to make tidy

tidy (plural tidies)

A tabletop container for pens and stationery.
a desk tidy
A cover, often of tatting, drawn work, or other ornamental work, for the back of a chair, the arms of a sofa, etc.
(dated) A child's pinafore.
- 1846, Miss Lambert, The Handbook of Needlework:
  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.
The wren.
- 1612, Michael Drayton, chapter 13, in [John Selden], editor, Poly-Olbion. Or A Chorographicall Description of Tracts, Riuers, Mountaines, Forests, and Other Parts of this Renowned Isle of Great Britaine, […], London: […] H[umphrey] L[ownes] for Mathew Lownes; I. Browne; I. Helme; I. Busbie, published 1613, →OCLC:
  The Tydie for her notes as delicate as they

tabletop container for pens and stationery

tidy

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