tidier

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tidier - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Tidy \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. [Obs.]
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              If weather be fair and tidy.          --Tusser.
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     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.
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              A tidy man, that tened [injured] me never. --Piers
                                                    Plowman.
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