tidy

Noun · Verb · Adjective

Synonyms: tidy up clean up neaten straighten straighten out square away kempt goodly goodish healthy hefty respectable

WordNet 3.0

Noun (1)

receptacle that holds odds and ends (as sewing materials)

Verb (1)

put (things or places) in order“Tidy up your room!”Synonyms: tidy up clean up neaten straighten straighten out square away

Adjective (3)

marked by order and cleanliness in appearance or habits“a tidy person”“a tidy house”“a tidy mind”
(of hair) neat and tidy“a nicely kempt beard”Synonyms: kempt
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”Synonyms: goodly goodish healthy hefty respectable sizable sizeable

Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Tidy \Ti"dy\, v. i. To make things tidy. [Colloq.] [1913 Webster]

I have tidied and tidied over and over again. --Dickens. [1913 Webster]

Tidy \Ti"dy\, n. (Zool.) The wren; -- called also tiddy. [Prov. Eng.] [1913 Webster]

The tidy for her notes as delicate as they. --Drayton. [1913 Webster]

Note: This name is probably applied also to other small singing birds, as the goldcrest. [1913 Webster]

Tidy \Ti"dy\, a. [Compar. Tidier; superl. Tidiest.] [From Tide time, season; cf. D. tijdig timely, G. zeitig, Dan. & Sw. tidig.]

1.Being in proper time; timely; seasonable; favorable; as, tidy weather. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]

If weather be fair and tidy.— Tusser.[1913 Webster]

2.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. [1913 Webster]

A tidy man, that tened [injured] me never.— Piers Plowman.[1913 Webster]

Tidy \Ti"dy\, n.; pl. Tidies.

1.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. [1913 Webster]

2.A child's pinafore. [Prov. Eng.] --Wright. [1913 Webster]

Tidy \Ti"dy\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Tidied; p. pr. & vb. n. Tidying.] To put in proper order; to make neat; as, to tidy a room; to tidy one's dress. [1913 Webster]