Meaning

8 senses
  1. Arranged neatly and in order.

    She always kept her desk immaculately tidy; nothing was ever out of place.

    sauber, ordentlich, gepflegt

    аккура́тныйakkurátnyj, опря́тныйoprjátnyj, чи́стыйčístyj

    оха́йнийoxájnyj, чи́стийčýstyj, акура́тнийakurátnyj

  2. Not messy; neat and controlled.

    Keep Britain tidy by picking up litter.

    (of hair) neat and tidy

  3. (colloquial)Satisfactory; comfortable.

  4. (colloquial)Generous, considerable.

    The scheme made a tidy profit.

    ordentlich

  5. Appropriate or suitable as regards occasion, circumstances, arrangement, or order.

  6. Normalized in a certain way that optimizes for data analysis.

  7. (obsolete)In good time; at the right time; timely; seasonable; opportune; favourable; fit; suitable.

  8. (obsolete)Brave; smart; skillful; fine; good.

Examples

249 sentences
  1. Tom is very tidy, isn't he?

    Том дуже охайний, так?

    deTom ist sehr ordentlich, nicht wahr?

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  2. I haven't had time to tidy up yet.

    У мене ще не було часу на прибирання.

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  3. Tom is tidy, isn't he?

    Том охайний, чи не так?

    deTom ist ordentlich, nicht wahr?

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  4. Tom is tidy.

    Том охайний.

    ruТом аккуратный.

    deTom ist ordentlich.

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  5. Tom's house is tidy.

    Будинок Тома охайний.

    deBei Tom zu Hause ist alles aufgeräumt.

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Translations

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Origin

From Middle English tidy, tydy, tidi (“timely, seasonal, opportune”), from tide (“time”) +

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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Forms

tidier, tidiest
Comparativetidier Lesson
Superlativetidiest Lesson

regular

Synonyms

17 synonyms
arranged neatly:neatB2
appropriate or suitable:aptC1
at the right time:opportune
Close in meaning

Antonyms

3 antonyms

Word family

4 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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