orderly

B1 Topic:Describing Qualities

US /ˈɔɹdɚli/ UK /ˈɔːdəli/ See IPA manual

Freq #10099

Meanings

1

adj
Neat, tidy, and well arranged.

He kept an orderly desk with everything in its place.
2

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

The crowd left the stadium in an orderly manner.
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. tidy regular

More methodically neatprestrulyshipshape systematically tight tiptop tosh trig trim

Opposites

disorderly

Word family

Forms orderliesorderliness

Derived forms disorderlymisorderlynonorderlyorderlinessunorderly

Related forms clean presentable restrained

Appears in

Phrases (1)

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orderly sergeant
a company's first sergeant, historically responsible for passing on orders

Adjective + noun

Etymology

From order + -ly.

Topics

Describing Qualities

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# orderly

**Type:** Word
**Level:** B1
**Part of speech:** adj, noun
**IPA (US):** /ˈɔɹdɚli/
**IPA (UK):** /ˈɔːdəli/
**Frequency rank:** 10099

## Meanings
1. Neat, tidy, and well arranged.
2. Calm and well-behaved; free from trouble or violence.
3. A hospital attendant who does non-medical work such as moving patients.

## Examples
- He kept an orderly desk with everything in its place.
- The crowd left the stadium in an orderly manner.
- An orderly wheeled the patient down to the ward.

## Synonyms
- methodically
- neat
- prest
- ruly
- shipshape
- systematically
- tidy
- tight
- tiptop
- tosh
- trig
- trim

## Antonyms
- disorderly

## Derived Forms
- disorderly
- misorderly
- nonorderly
- orderliness
- unorderly

## Related Forms
- clean
- presentable
- restrained

## Etymology
From order + -ly.

## AI Etymology
Orderly comes from order + -ly. Modern senses include neat, tidy, and well arranged and calm and well-behaved; free from trouble or violence. The wider word family includes derivatives such as disorderly, misorderly, nonorderly, orderliness, and unorderly and related forms such as clean, presentable, and restrained.

## Topics
- Describing Qualities

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