Reverse Dictionary: TIDY

ADJECTIVES
1300 — QUEME of pleasing appearance; beautiful, fair; neat, tidy → obs.
1557 — NATTY neat, stylish, tidy → colloq.
1598 — SMUG of things: smooth, clean, neat, trim, or tidy
1697 — TIGHT neat in appearance; neatly and carefully dressed; trim, tidy, smart; of a neat compact build, well-made, shapely → arch. or Eng. dial.
1703 — MENSEFUL tidy, clean, neat; in good order → Sc. & Eng. dial.
1756 — NACKETY compact, neat, tidy, smart-looking → Sc.
1778 — SMART of a person: neatly or formally dressed; stylish; tidy
1790 — FARRANDLY — FARRANTLY of persons: comely, handsome, good-looking; decent, respectable; neat, tidy → Eng. dial.
1802 — CANNY agreeable to the eyes or perception, tidy, seemly, comely; good, worthy; very satisfactory → Sc.
1806 — PENSY tidy in dress and appearance; spruce, neat → obs. exc. Sc. & Eng. dial.
1820 — FEASIBLE adj. of persons: neat, tidy, presentable; of pleasing appearance or manner, decent, respectable → Sc.
1822 — MACK-LIKE tidy, neat, seemly, well-proportioned; adapted to the purpose → Sc.
1825 — MACK neat, tidy → Sc. obs.
1838 — REDD-UP tidy, neat, put in order → Sc. & Eng. dial.
1838 — TRIG pleasingly trim. tidy, neat → Amer. dial.
1864 — IN APPLE-PIE ORDER perfectly tidy and properly placed; orderly, neat
1873 — NASTY-NICE very neat, overly tidy; excessively fastidious; too particular or fussy; old-fashioned → Eng. & Amer. dial.
1875 — JIMP neat in attire, tidy; spruce; slender, elegant → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1877 — NOPPY tidy, neat → Eng. dial.
1879 — MENSE decent, respectable; clean, tidy, neat → Eng. dial.
1885 — MANNERLY tidy, respectable, decent; fashionable → Eng. dial.
1895 — FAIR clean, tidy, set in order; level, even → Sc. & Eng. dial.
..20C — APPLE PIE neat, tidy, perfect → US sl.
1902 — NEAT AS A BANDBOX orderly, tidy, neat → colloq. (Bk.)
1902 — NEAT AS A NEW PIN orderly, tidy, neat → colloq. (Bk.)
1905 — MACKY neat, tidy → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1905 — TIPLEY clean, tidy, smart; generally used ironically → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1916 — NASTY-NEAT very neat, overly tidy; excessively fastidious; too particular or fussy; old-fashioned → Amer. dial.
1928 — HAGLI orderly, tidy, careful, convenient → Sc.
1942 — CLEAN AS A GUT orderly, tidy, neat → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1942 — CLEAN AS A WHISTLE orderly, tidy, neat → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1942 — IN KELTER — IN KILTER orderly, tidy, neat → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1942 — JIMPRICUTE orderly, tidy, neat → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1942 — KIPPY orderly, tidy, neat → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1942 — NEAT AS A GUT orderly, tidy, neat → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1942 — NEAT AS A PIN orderly, tidy, neat → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1942 — NEAT AS A WHISTLE orderly, tidy, neat → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1942 — SHIPSHAPE orderly, tidy, neat → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1942 — SLICK orderly, tidy, neat → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1942 — SLICK AS A GUT orderly, tidy, neat → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1942 — SLICK AS A WHISTLE orderly, tidy, neat → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1942 — SPOONEY — SPOONY orderly, tidy, neat → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1942 — TO RIGHTS orderly, tidy, neat → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1943 — NASTY-CLEAN overly tidy; excessively fastidious → Amer. dial.
1951 — NEAT-NICE very neat, overly tidy; excessively fastidious; too particular or fussy; old-fashioned → Amer. dial.
1965 — NICE-NASTY very neat, overly tidy; excessively fastidious; too particular or fussy; old-fashioned → Amer. dial.

ADVERBS
1796 — DESSABLY orderly, tidily → Eng. dial.
1825 — TIGHTLY neatly, tidily, smartly

NOUNS
..L18 — APPLE-PIE ORDER neatness, tidiness
1846 — NATTINESS neatness; tidiness; spruceness → colloq.
1867 — MENSE neatness, tidiness, order; freshness, gloss, newness, bloom → Eng. dial.
1891 — MENSEFULNESS tidiness, order → Eng. dial.
1892 — REDD the act of setting in order, tidying, cleaning; arrangement, settlement → Sc. & Eng. dial.
1900 — MOP-UP an operation to tidy up after a flood, fire, etc.
1904 — RED-UP the act of setting in order, tidying, cleaning; arrangement, settlement → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1975 — SCURRYFUNGE a hasty tidying of the house between the time you see a neighbour coming, and the time they knock on the door → Amer. dial.

NOUNS, PERSON
1905 — NATTY-BODY a tidy, well-conducted person → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1941 — READY-UP one who tidies up → Amer. dial.
1980 — BONNIE BRILLO one who is excessively neat and tidy → US students’ sl.

VERBS
1678 — DIGHT to prepare, to put in order, to tidy, to clean; to sweep, to dust → Sc. & Eng. dial.
1786 — TIGHTEN to make oneself tidy → obs.
1787 — REDD to set in order, to arrange; to prepare; to tidy, to clean up → Sc. & Eng. dial.
..19C — TITTY-TOIT to tidy up → Eng. dial.
1842 — RED UP — REDD UP to put in order, to tidy up; to clean up an apartment or house → Amer. dial.
.M19 — SLICK UP to tidy, to make neat → US sl.
1859 — MENSE to tidy, to make clean and neat; to clear up; also, to dress or smarten oneself up → Eng. dial.
1864 — READY UP to tidy up, to make neat, to put in order → Amer. dial.
1882 — RID to tidy, to put in order, to clean up → Eng. dial.
1887 — TED to spread out; to arrange in order; to tidy, to smooth → Sc.
1889 — MENSEN UP to tidy, to make clean and neat, to put in order → Eng. dial.
1895 — TIGHT to put in order; to make tidy or neat → Eng. dial.
1926 — REDDEN UP to tidy up a house → Amer. dial.
1936 — SIDEN to straighten up or tidy a table or room, not a thorough cleaning; to put in order → Amer. dial.
1950 — LICK AN’ PRAN to tidy up → W. Indies sl.
1967 — FLUFF UP to tidy up → Amer. dial.
1968 — DOLLY UP to make more attractive by adding decorative details; to clean up or put in order → Amer. dial.
1975 — SCURRYFUNGE to quickly tidy a house when someone is about to come calling → Amer. dial.
1975 — TEAKETTLE UP to tidy, to put in order → Amer. dial.
1996 — RIGHTEN UP to tidy up → Amer. dial. (Bk.)