Definition of Tidy

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Definition of Tidy

Tidy

The wren; -- called also tiddy.

Being in proper time; timely; seasonable; favorable; as, tidy weather.

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.

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.

A child's pinafore.

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

To make things tidy.

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Tidy Quotations

Be careless in your dress if you will, but keep a tidy soul.
Mark Twain

There is nothing quite so good as burial at sea. It is simple, tidy, and not very incriminating.
Alfred Hitchcock

Life has a way of setting things in order and leaving them be. Very tidy, is life.
Jean Anouilh

Being a good mother does not call for the same qualities as being a good housewife; a dedication to keeping children clean and tidy may override an interest in their separate development as individuals.
Ann Oakley

After every war someone has to tidy up.
Wislawa Szymborska

I was on the set when I was five years old with Spencer Tracy. A lot of what I learned growing up in terms of artistry is very clean, very tidy, very organized.
Robert Blake

I eat and drink at my desk, but I'm a tidy eater.
Jamie Zawinski

No game in the world is as tidy and dramatically neat as baseball, with cause and effect, crime and punishment, motive and result, so cleanly defined.
Paul Gallico

Tidy Translations

tidy in Dutch is ordelijk
tidy in Italian is lindo, ammettere, ordinato
tidy in Portuguese is arrumado
tidy in Spanish is ajustado, escombrar, arreglar, ordenado

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