Tidy ˈtaɪdi Neat Adjective Desk Flat I Room

• a tidy desk
• she keeps her flat very tidy.
• i like everything to be neat and tidy.
• the room was clean and tidy.

tidy

1. arranged neatly and with everything in order
• OPPOSITE untidy
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/untidy
• a tidy desk
• She keeps her flat very tidy.
• I like everything to be neat and tidy.
• The room was clean and tidy.
• The place has never looked so tidy.

Extra Examples

• It was a neatly furnished and immaculately tidy room.
• She admired the incredibly tidy garden.
• Why does nothing ever stay tidy around here?
• When we had finished the churchyard looked far tidier.
2. keeping things neat and in order
• OPPOSITE untidy
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/untidy
• I'm a tidy person.
• He is obsessively tidy.
• tidy habits
3. a tidy amount of money is fairly large
• SYNONYM considerable
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/considerable
• It must have cost a tidy sum.
• a tidy profit

Word Origin

• Middle English: from the noun tide + -y. The original meaning was ‘timely, opportune’; it later had various senses expressing approval, usually of a person, including ‘attractive’, ‘healthy’, and ‘skilful’; the sense ‘orderly, neat’ dates from the early 18th cent.