Orderly
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English
Adjective
Orderly (comparative more Orderly, superlative most Orderly)
- Neat and tidy; possessing order.
- He has always kept an 'orderly kitchen, nothing out of place for longer than it is in use.
- Methodical or systematic.
- We live in an orderly universe; rules govern both the movements of the planets and the binding of the molecules.
- Peaceful; well-behaved.
- An orderly gathering of citizens stood on the corner awaiting the bus.
Derived terms
Noun
Orderly (plural orderlies)- A hospital attendant given a variety of non-medical duties.
- A soldier who carries out minor tasks for a superior officer.
Adverb
Orderly (comparative more Orderly, superlative most Orderly)
- (now rare) According to good order or practice; appropriately, in a well-behaved way.
- (obsolete) In order; in a particular order or succession; with a suitable arrangement.
- 1624, John Smith, Generall Historie, in Kupperman 1988, p. 149:
- And in the Tombe which is an arch made of mats, they lay them orderly.
- 1624, John Smith, Generall Historie, in Kupperman 1988, p. 149:
Adverbs for Orderly
satisfactorily; unusually; wonderfully; remarkably; particularly; always; altogether; admirably; regularly; uniformly; scrupulously; meticulously; habitually; unwontedly; uncommonly.
Thesaurus
Ganymede, Hebe, X-ray technician, accordant, accurate, adjutant, airline hostess, airline stewardess, aligned, alike, always, anesthetist, arranged, arrayed, assistant, assorted, at every turn, at peace, attendant, automatic, balanced, batman, bellboy, bellhop, bellman, bloodless, bootblack, boots, businesslike, cabin boy, caddie, calm, categorized, chipper, chore boy, civil, civilized, classified, composed, concinnate, concinnous, concordant, connected, consecutive, consistent, consonant, constant, constantly, constituted, continually, continuous, conventional, copyboy, correct, correspondent, courteous, cupbearer, decorous, dietitian, disciplined, disorderly, disposed, dresser, equable, equal, errand boy, errand girl, euphonic, euphonical, euphonious, even, exact, fixed, flat, flowing, fluent, footboy, formal, general, gofer, graded, grouped, habitual, halcyon, harmonious, harmonized, homogeneous, hospital administrator, hostess, idyllic, immutable, in apple-pie order, in hand, invariable, invariably, joined, laboratory technician, law-abiding, level, like clockwork, mannerly, marshaled, measured, mechanical, menial, messenger, methodic, methodical, methodically, methodized, meticulous, monolithic, natural, naturalistic, naturistic, neat, never otherwise, normal, normalized, of a piece, office boy, office girl, ordered, organized, pacific, page, pastoral, peaceable, peaceful, peacetime, persistent, physical therapist, physiotherapist, piping, placed, polite, precious, precise, precisian, precisionist, punctilious, puristic, quiet, radiographer, radiotherapist, ranged, ranked, realistic, regular, regular as clockwork, regularized, regularly, regulated, restful, robotlike, routine, routinized, scrupulous, sequent, sequential, serene, serial, servant, shipshape, smooth, smooth-sounding, snug, soft, sorted, squire, stable, standardized, steadfast, steadily, steady, steward, stewardess, sweet, symmetrical, synchronized, systematic, systematically, systematized, systemized, tender, tidy, tight, trainbearer, tranquil, tripping, typical, unbroken, unchangeable, unchanged, unchanging, undeviating, undifferentiated, undiversified, unexceptional, uniform, uninterrupted, unruffled, untroubled, unvaried, unvarying, usher, usual, well-behaved, well-mannered, well-ordered, well-regulated, without exception, yeoman
Etymology
From order.
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