Dictionary entry

Tidy (2)

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Ti″dy, a. [Compar.Tidier (?); superl.Tidiest.] [From Tide time, season; cf. D. tijdig timely, G. zeitig, Dan. & Sw. tidig.] 1. Being in proper time; timely; seasonable; favorable; as, tidy weather.

If weather be fair and tidy. Tusser.

2. Arranged in good order; orderly; appropriate; neat; kept in proper and becoming neatness, or habitually keeping things so; as, a tidy lass; their dress is tidy; the apartments are well furnished and tidy.

A tidy man, that tened me never. Piers Plowman.