tidy

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   Arranged neatly, with everything in its proper place; not messy.

   She always keeps her desk tidy, with nothing out of place.

2. 2
   adj

   Fairly large; considerable (used of an amount of money).

   The shop made a tidy profit last year.

3. 3
   noun

   A small container for keeping loose items neatly together.

   He dropped his pens into the desk tidy.

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”).

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