tidy

Etymology

From Middle English tidy, tydy, tidi (“timely, seasonal, opportune”), from tide (“time”) + -y. Cognate with Dutch tijdig (“timely”), Middle Low German tīdich (“timely”), German zeitig (“seasonal, timely”), Danish tidig (“timely”), Swedish tidig (“timely”).

adj

1. Arranged neatly and in order.
   Keep Britain tidy by picking up litter.
2. Not messy; neat and controlled.
3. (colloquial) Satisfactory; comfortable.
4. (colloquial) Generous, considerable.
   The scheme made a tidy profit.
5. (obsolete) In good time; at the right time; timely; seasonable; opportune; favourable; fit; suitable.
   if weather be fair and tidy 1573, Thomas Tusser, Five Hundred Points of Good Husbandry
6. (obsolete) Brave; smart; skillful; fine; good.
7. Appropriate or suitable as regards occasion, circumstances, arrangement, or order.

verb

1. To make tidy; to neaten.
   There's a work room, with an orange-scaled kobold tidying up a series of massaging tables

noun

1. A tabletop container for pens and stationery.
   a desk tidy
2. A cover, often of tatting, drawn work, or other ornamental work, for the back of a chair, the arms of a sofa, etc.
3. (dated) 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. 1846, Miss Lambert, The Handbook of Needlework
4. The wren.

intj

1. (Wales) Expression of agreement or positive acknowledgement, usually in reply to a question; great, fine.