■ adjective ( tidier , tidiest )
1》 arranged neatly and in order.
↘inclined to keep things or one's appearance neat and in order.
↘neat and controlled.
2》 informal (of an amount, especially of money) considerable.
■ noun ( plural tidies )
1》 (also ~-up ) Brit. an act or spell of ~ing.
2》 a receptacle for holding small objects.
3》 chiefly US a detachable ornamental cover for a chair back.
■ verb ( tidies , ~ing , tidied ) (often ~ up ) make something ~.
↘( ~ something away ) put something away for the sake of tidiness.
Derivatives
tidily adverb
tidiness noun
Origin
ME (orig. in sense 'timely, opportune'): from tide + -y 1 .