Tidy Definition

tīdē
tidied, tidier, tidies, tidiest, tidying
adjective
tidier, tidiest
Neat in personal appearance, ways, etc.; orderly.
Webster's New World
Neat in arrangement; in order; trim.
Webster's New World
Fairly good; satisfactory.
Webster's New World
Rather large; considerable.
A tidy sum of money.
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verb
tidied, tidies, tidying
To clean or put in order.
Tidied up the house.
American Heritage
To make (things) tidy.
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noun
tidies
A decorative protective covering for the arms or headrest of a chair.
American Heritage

Antimacassar.

Webster's New World
A small container for odds and ends.
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pronoun

A surname​.

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Other Word Forms of Tidy

Adjective

Base Form:
tidy
Comparative:
tidier
Superlative:
tidiest

Origin of Tidy

  • Middle English tidi in season, healthy from tide time tide1

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Tidy Sentence Examples

  • It was tidy – and empty.

  • In order to keep a tidy kitchen, do not neglect to wash your dishes.

  • The master bath was tidy, so she left the room and pulled the door shut, breathing a long sigh.

  • Then he led her out patio doors through a small courtyard, down steps and a concrete walkway to a tidy barn.

  • He sometimes draws the beard and whiskers to the side of the head, and to keep it tidy wraps round it a cloth called dhata or galmocha.

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Words Starting With

TTITID

Words Ending With

YDYIDY

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Words Starting With T and Ending With Y

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