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How to pronounce tidy in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms clean up, neaten, square away, straighten, straighten out, tidy up
Type of order
Has types houseclean, clean house, clean, make, make up
Type Words
Synonyms kempt
Derivation tidiness
Type Words
Synonyms goodish, goodly, healthy, hefty, respectable, sizable, sizeable


a tidy sum of money.
Type Words
Derivation tidiness


a tidy person.
a tidy house.
a tidy mind.
Type Words
Type of receptacle

Examples of tidy

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The 2's mischievous styling features short overhangs for a tidy, tucked-in look.
From the freep.com
Tidy that yard and make sure everything looks as good as it can from the street.
From the cairns.com.au
The building should be clean and tidy, secure and have adequate fire protection.
From the middevonstar.co.uk
After lunch I may enjoy a nap before performing some tidy-up, throw-away chores.
From the post-gazette.com
Toilets flush on their own when tidy spirits are taking care of business, right?
From the kentucky.com
A tidy scoop of mashed potatoes with some skins, some lumps and loads of flavor.
From the omaha.com
Amber appeared to be well nourished and the house was clean and tidy, Saba said.
From the sacbee.com
When they bought 8 acres, it was grown up in weeds, but now it is neat and tidy.
From the kentucky.com
In a letter to the Weekend Herald, he says he wants to tidy up some half truths.
From the nzherald.co.nz
More examples
  • Marked by order and cleanliness in appearance or habits; "a tidy person"; "a tidy house"; "a tidy mind"
  • Put (things or places) in order; "Tidy up your room!"
  • Receptacle that holds odds and ends (as sewing materials)
  • Kempt: (of hair) neat and tidy; "a nicely kempt beard"
  • Goodly: large in amount or extent or degree; "it cost a considerable amount"; "a goodly amount"; "received a hefty bonus"; "a respectable sum"; "a tidy sum of money"; "a sizable fortune"
  • (tidily) in a tidy manner; "the door gave access to a tidily furnished sitting-room where chintz and oak predominated"
  • (tidiness) the habit of being tidy
  • Tidy is an album by Kinnie Starr, released in 1996 on Violet Inch Records.
  • Tidy is a surname derived from the Middle English word tidef which was a type of small bird.