- 1arranged neatly and with everything in order a tidy desk She keeps her apartment very tidy. I like everything to be neat and tidy. opposite untidy
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- 2keeping things neat and in order I'm a tidy person. tidy habits opposite untidy
- 3[only before noun] (informal) a tidy amount of money is fairly large synonym considerable It must have cost a tidy sum. a tidy profit
NAmE//ˈtaɪdl̩i//
adverb The room was very tidily arranged. NAmE//ˈtaɪdinəs//
noun [uncountable]See tidy in the Oxford Advanced Learner's DictionaryCheck pronunciation: tidy