US /ˈɔɹdɚli/ UK /ˈɔːdəli/
adj noun adv Freq #10099

Meanings

  1. 1
    adj

    Neat, tidy, and well arranged.

    He kept an orderly desk with everything in its place.

  2. 2
    adj

    Calm and well-behaved; free from trouble or violence.

    The crowd left the stadium in an orderly manner.

  3. 3
    noun

    A hospital attendant who does non-medical work such as moving patients.

    An orderly wheeled the patient down to the ward.

Thesaurus

Synonyms
1 adj · neat, tidy, and well arranged. tidyregular
Opposites
Word family
Forms orderliesorderliness
Derived forms disorderlymisorderlynonorderlyorderlinessunorderly

Etymology

From order + -ly.

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