orderly
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English
Alternative forms
- ordrely (obsolete)
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈɔɹdɚli/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈɔːdəli/
Audio (US) (file) - Hyphenation: or‧der‧ly
Adjective
orderly (comparative more orderly, superlative most orderly)
- Neat and tidy; possessing order.
- He has always kept an orderly kitchen, with nothing out of place.
- Methodical or systematic.
- We live in an orderly universe, where rules govern both the movements of planets and the binding of molecules.
- Peaceful; well-behaved.
- An orderly gathering of citizens stood on the corner awaiting the bus.
- Being on duty; keeping order; conveying orders.
- 1814 July 7, [Walter Scott], Waverley; , volumes (please specify |volume=I to III), Edinburgh: James Ballantyne and Co. for Archibald Constable and Co.; London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, →OCLC:
- aids-de-camp and orderly men
Synonyms
- (possessing order): regular, trim, well-kept; see also Thesaurus:orderly
- (methodical or systematic): See also Thesaurus:methodical
Derived terms
Translations
neat; tidy; possessing order
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methodical; systematic
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peaceful; well-behaved
Noun
orderly (plural orderlies)
- A hospital attendant given a variety of non-medical duties.
- (military) A soldier who carries out minor tasks for a superior officer.
- Synonym: batman
Translations
hospital attendant given a variety of non-medical duties
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soldier who carries out minor tasks for a superior officer — see also batman
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Adverb
orderly (comparative more orderly, superlative most orderly)
- (now rare) According to good order or practice; appropriately, in a well-behaved or orderly (adjective) way.
- c. 1590–1592 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Taming of the Shrew”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies (First Folio), London: Isaac Iaggard, and Ed Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, :
- You are blunt; go to it orderly.
- 1991, Chor-San Heng Khoo, Physics of Liquid Crystalline Materials, CRC Press, →ISBN, page 33:
- Phase R: the rods are linked three by three and form planar twodimensional hexagonal networks. In both cases, the networks are orderly stacked in a three-dimensional lattice.
- 2014, Huei-Huang Lee, Finite Element Simulations with ANSYS Workbench 15: Theory, Applications, Case Studies, SDC Publications, →ISBN, page 191:
- The rectangles are orderly stacked with the topmost rectangle representing the most visible entity and subsequent rectangles representing entities underneath the mouse cursor, front to back.
- (obsolete) In order; in a particular order or succession; with a suitable arrangement.
- 1567, Ovid, translated by Arthur Golding, Metamorphoses, section I:
- The earth from heaven, the sea from earth, he parted orderly, / And from the thicke and foggie ayre, he tooke the lightsome skie.
- 1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 12, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes , book II, London: Val Simmes for Edward Blount , →OCLC:
- Thus orderly marshaled, they take their course and swim whither their journey tends, as broad and wide behind as before […].
- 1624, John Smith, Generall Historie, Kupperman, published 1988, page 149:
- And in the Tombe which is an arch made of mats, they lay them orderly.
Synonyms
- (in order): methodically, systematically; see also Thesaurus:methodically