orderly

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   devoid of violence or disruption

   an orderly crowd confronted the president

2. 2
   noun

   a soldier who serves as an attendant to a superior officer

   the orderly laid out the general's uniform

3. 3
   adj

   Neat and tidy; possessing order.

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

4. 4
   adj

   Methodical or systematic.

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

5. 5
   adj

   Peaceful; well-behaved.

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

6. 6
   adj

   Being on duty; keeping order; conveying orders.

   aids-de-camp and orderly men

7. 7
   adv

   According to good order or practice; appropriately, in a well-behaved or orderly (adjective) way.

   You are blunt; go to it orderly.

8. 8
   adv

   In order; in a particular order or succession; with a suitable arrangement.

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

Etymology

From order + -ly.