Orderly Definition
ôrdər-lē
orderlies
adjective
Free from disorder; neat or well-arranged.
An orderly room.
American Heritage
Neat or tidy in arrangement; in good order.
Webster's New World
Arranged in, conforming to, or exhibiting some regular order; systematic.
Webster's New World
Having a systematic arrangement.
A garden with orderly rows.
American Heritage
Given to keeping things neat or well-arranged.
An orderly housekeeper.
American Heritage
Synonyms:
noun
orderlies
A male hospital attendant.
Webster's New World
An enlisted person assigned to perform personal services for an officer or officers or to carry out a specific task.
Latrine orderly.
Webster's New World
adverb
Systematically; regularly.
American Heritage
In regular or proper order; methodically.
Webster's New World
(now rare) According to good order or practice; appropriately, in a well-behaved way. [from 15th c.]
Wiktionary
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.
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Other Word Forms of Orderly
Noun
Singular:
orderly
Plural:
orderliesOrigin of Orderly
-
From order +"Ž -ly.
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