tidy
See also: Tidy
English edit
Etymology edit
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”).
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Adjective edit
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.
Synonyms edit
- (arranged neatly): neat, orderly, presentable, spick and span; see also Thesaurus:orderly or Thesaurus:clean
- (at the right time): opportune, seasonable; see also Thesaurus:timely
- (appropriate or suitable): apt, fit; see also Thesaurus:suitable
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arranged neatly
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generous, considerable
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Verb edit
tidy (third-person singular simple present tidies, present participle tidying, simple past and past participle tidied)
- To make tidy; to neaten.
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- There's a work room, with an orange-scaled kobold tidying up a series of massaging tables
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to make tidy
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Noun edit
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
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tidy