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adj. VERBS be, look, seem | stay Why does nothing ever stay tidy around here? | get sth, make sth | keep sth I hope you're going to keep your room tidy. ADV. extremely, very | immaculately, scrupulously It was a neatly furnished and immaculately tidy room. | fairly, quite The sitting room is fairly tidy. PHRASES clean/neat and tidy
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
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verb
put in order:
She wanted to tidy the house.
noun
orderly:
It was not a tidy situation.
Simple Definitions
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tidy
British English a place, room etc that is tidy looks nice because everything has been arranged and put in the right place:
• a tidy desk • I want to leave the place clean and tidy before we go.
neat
use this about things that are carefully arranged in a way that is nice to look at:
• a neat pile of towels • The room was neat and tidy.
immaculate
a place or thing that is immaculate is perfectly clean and neat – use this to emphasize how clean something looks:
• Our house was always immaculate.
well-kept
a well-kept building or garden is very well cared for and looks neat and clean:
• a large house on well-kept grounds
orderly
arranged or organized in a sensible or neat way:
• The room was orderly and uncluttered.
Longman-Thesaurus
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tidy sth away
[ M ]
to put things back in drawers, cupboards and other places where they are kept, after you have used them
• The children were expected to tidy away their toys before bedtime.
Cambridge-Phrasal Verbs