What does tidy mean?

Definitions for tidy
ˈtaɪ ditidy

This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word tidy.

Princeton's WordNet

  1. tidyadjective

    receptacle that holds odds and ends (as sewing materials)

  2. tidyadjective

    marked by order and cleanliness in appearance or habits

    "a tidy person"; "a tidy house"; "a tidy mind"

  3. kempt, tidyadjective

    (of hair) neat and tidy

    "a nicely kempt beard"

  4. goodly, goodish, healthy, hefty, respectable, sizable, sizeable, tidyverb

    large in amount or extent or degree

    "it cost a considerable amount"; "a goodly amount"; "received a hefty bonus"; "a respectable sum"; "a tidy sum of money"; "a sizable fortune"

  5. tidy, tidy up, clean up, neaten, straighten, straighten out, square awayverb

    put (things or places) in order

    "Tidy up your room!"

Wiktionary

  1. tidyverb

    To make tidy; to neaten.

  2. tidyadjective

    Arranged neatly and in order.

    Keep Britain tidy.

  3. tidyadjective

    Not messy; neat and controlled.

  4. tidyadjective

    Generous, considerable.

    The scheme made a tidy profit.

  5. tidyinterjection

    Expression of positive agreement, usually in reply to a question.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. TIDYadjective

    Etymology: tidt, Islandick.

    If weather be faire and tidie, thy grain
    Make speedilie carriage, for feare of a raine. Thomas Tusser.

    Whenever by yon barley-mow I pass,
    Before my eyes will trip the tidy lass. John Gay, Past.

    Thou whorson tidy Bartholomew boar pig, when wilt thou leave fighting. William Shakespeare, Henry IV.

ChatGPT

  1. tidy

    Tidy refers to the state of being orderly, organized, neat, and well-arranged. It can apply to both physical objects like rooms or digital content such as data. It is basically maintaining everything in a proper structure or layout that is free from mess or clutter, thus making it easy to use or navigate.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Tidynoun

    the wren; -- called also tiddy

  2. Tidy

    being in proper time; timely; seasonable; favorable; as, tidy weather

  3. Tidy

    arranged in good order; orderly; appropriate; neat; kept in proper and becoming neatness, or habitually keeping things so; as, a tidy lass; their dress is tidy; the apartments are well furnished and tidy

  4. Tidynoun

    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

  5. Tidynoun

    a child's pinafore

  6. Tidyverb

    to put in proper order; to make neat; as, to tidy a room; to tidy one's dress

  7. Tidyverb

    to make things tidy

Wikidata

  1. Tidy

    Tidy is an album by Kinnie Starr, released in 1996 on Violet Inch Records.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Tidy

    tī′di, adj. neat: in good order: fairly large: (coll.) comfortable.—n. a cover for chairs, &c.: a child's pinafore.—v.t. to make neat: to put in good order:—pa.t. and pa.p. tī′died.adv. Tī′dily, in a tidy manner.—n. Ti′diness, state or quality of being tidy: neatness.—Tid′ivate (coll.) (see Titivate). [M. E. tidy, seasonable—tid, tide, time: Ger. zeitig.]

Editors Contribution

  1. tidy

    A natural quality within an animal and human being of being tidy.

    We are tidy and considerate of other people so our workplace is so clean and tidy.


    Submitted by MaryC on May 16, 2020  


  2. tidy

    To create and ensure a feeling and environment of structure and order.

    They were so tidy and worked together so efficiently as a team.


    Submitted by MaryC on February 27, 2020  

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    Rank popularity for the word 'tidy' in Written Corpus Frequency: #4473

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of tidy in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of tidy in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of tidy in a Sentence

  1. Kathleen Vohs:

    People find rule-following to be comforting because they know exactly what to do, and not a lot of decisions have to be made, if people are perhaps stressed out or somewhat exhausted from their normal everyday lives, looking at a hyper-tidy environment, a hyper-organized environment could give that sense of calm or release because it sort of suggests that all you have to do is follow the rules, and everything will be okay.

  2. Hugh Young:

    It would have been a bloody big job to move. And until the UK government started attacking the likes of HSBC, they didn't have any desire to move, the tax concessions are a good thing. What Gulliver needs to do now is tidy up the bank.

  3. Henry Bromel:

    We all carry around so much pain in our hearts. Love and pain and beauty. They all seem to go together like one little tidy confusing package. It's a messy business, life. It's hard to figure--full of surprises. Some good. Some bad.

  4. Mike Fratantoni:

    Tidy up a bit to get it ready to list. ... We'll be back to a place where it matters if Mike Fratantoni home is in good shape.

  5. Prince William:

    Queen Victoria had nine children who were all princes and princesses, and then they had children and so forth, and George V took the view ... that something needed to be done to tidy up the situation.

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