tidy

adj

/ˈtaɪ.di/

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”).

inherited from tidy

Definitions

1
Arranged neatly and in order.
- She always kept her desk immaculately tidy; nothing was ever out of place.
2
Not messy
Not messy; neat and controlled.
- Keep Britain tidy by picking up litter.
Satisfactory
Satisfactory; comfortable.
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1. 4
  Generous, considerable.
  - The scheme made a tidy profit.
  - Two hundred thousand people! Miss Glory, that's a tidy lot. Not bad.
2. 5
  In good time
  In good time; at the right time; timely; seasonable; opportune; favourable; fit; suitable.
  - if weather be fair and tidy
3. Brave
  Brave; smart; skillful; fine; good.
4. Appropriate or suitable as regards occasion, circumstances, arrangement, or order.
5. Normalized in a certain way that optimizes for data analysis.
6. To make tidy
  To make tidy; to neaten.
7. 10
  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’.
8. A cover, often of tatting, drawn work, or other ornamental work, for the back of a chair,…
  A cover, often of tatting, drawn work, or other ornamental work, for the back of a chair, the arms of a sofa, etc.
9. 12
  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.
10. 13
  The wren.
  - The Tydie for her notes as delicate as they
11. Expression of agreement or positive acknowledgement, usually in reply to a question
  Expression of agreement or positive acknowledgement, usually in reply to a question; great, fine.
12. A surname.

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synonymorderly
synonympresentable
synonymspick and span
synonymclean
synonymseasonable
synonymtimely
synonymfit
synonymsuitable
antonymmessyantonym(s) of “not messy”
antonymuntidyantonym(s) of “not messy”
antonymslipshodantonym(s) of “not messy”
neighbortidily
neighbortidiness

Derived

neat and tidy, cable tidy, desk tidy, hair-tidy, sink tidy, tidy-up

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at tidy. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

A definitional loop anchored at tidy. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

7 hops · closes at tidy

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA