Orderly

/ˈɔɹdɚli/ · adjective

Meaning

Neat and tidy; possessing order..

Definitions by Sense

1. Neat and tidy; possessing order.
2. Methodical or systematic.
3. Peaceful; well-behaved.
4. Being on duty; keeping order; conveying orders.
5. A hospital attendant given a variety of non-medical duties.
6. (military) A soldier who carries out minor tasks for a superior officer.
7. (now rare) According to good order or practice; appropriately, in a well-behaved or orderly (adjective) way.
8. (obsolete) In order; in a particular order or succession; with a suitable arrangement.

Example Sentences

He has always kept an orderly kitchen, with nothing out of place.

We live in an orderly universe, where rules govern both the movements of planets and the binding of molecules.

An orderly gathering of citizens stood on the corner awaiting the bus.

aids-de-camp and orderly men

You are blunt; go to it orderly.

Phase R: the rods are linked three by three and form planar twodimensional hexagonal networks. In both cases, the networks are orderly stacked in a three-dimensional lattice.

The rectangles are orderly stacked with the topmost rectangle representing the most visible entity and subsequent rectangles representing entities underneath the mouse cursor, front to back.

The earth from heaven, the sea from earth, he parted orderly, / And from the thicke and foggie ayre, he tooke the lightsome skie.

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• more orderly
• most orderly
• ordrely
• orderlies

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