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orderly en · ADJ

Pronunciation

  • /ˈɔɹdɚli/ (General-American)
  • /ˈɔːdəli/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • (US) audio

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂er-der. Proto-Italic *ordōder. Latin ōrdinem Old French ordneder. Middle English ordre English order Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-West Germanic *-līk Old English -līċ Middle English -ly English -ly English orderly From order + -ly.

Meanings

  1. Neat and tidy; possessing order.
    • He has always kept an orderly kitchen, with nothing out of place.
  2. Methodical or systematic.
    • We live in an orderly universe, where rules govern both the movements of planets and the binding of molecules.
    • I will remain in post as Prime Minister until the contest is complete. And I will do everything I can to ensure an orderly handover of power. 2026 June 22, Keir Starmer, resignation speech:
  3. Peaceful; well-behaved.
    • An orderly gathering of citizens stood on the corner awaiting the bus.
  4. Being on duty; keeping order; conveying orders.
    • aids-de-camp and orderly men 1814 July 7, [Walter Scott], Waverley; or, ’Tis Sixty Years Since. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), Edinburgh: […] James Ballantyne and Co. for Archibald Constable and Co.; London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, →OCLC:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
most orderly Degree=Sup lexicographic
ordrely alternative, obsolete lexicographic
more orderly Degree=Cmp lexicographic

Antonyms

disorderly

Deriveds

misorderly · orderliness · nonorderly · disorderly · unorderly

Hyponyms

dink · smart · kempt · methodical · spruce · systematic · uniform · organized · well-groomed

Relateds

presentable · clean · restrained

Synonyms

nice as ninepence · shipshape · Bristol fashion and shipshape · tight · prest · regular (possessing order) · shipshape and Bristol fashion · trim · tiptop · neat · tidy · trig · neat as a new pin · in order · neat and tidy · neat as a pin · squared away · well-kept · orderly · ruly · tosh · all Sir Garnet

Translations (56)

de ordentlich (methodical; systematic) · hi क्रमबद्ध (neat; tidy; possessing order) · hu rendes (neat; tidy; possessing order) · hu szabályszerű (methodical; systematic) · de geordnet (neat; tidy; possessing order) · it ordinato (peaceful; well-behaved) · ru упоря́доченный (methodical; systematic) · it sistematico (methodical; systematic) · nl ordelijk (neat; tidy; possessing order) · ja 整然 (methodical; systematic) · bg системен (methodical; systematic) · hu szabályos (methodical; systematic) · es metódico (methodical; systematic) · de organisiert (methodical; systematic) · ceb hapsay (methodical; systematic) · is reglulegur (neat; tidy; possessing order) · grc κόσμιος (neat; tidy; possessing order) · sv ordentlig (neat; tidy; possessing order) · ky тартиптүү (methodical; systematic) · mk у́реден (neat; tidy; possessing order) · it ordinato (neat; tidy; possessing order) · ja 整然 (neat; tidy; possessing order) · mk мето́дичен (methodical; systematic) · th มีระเบียบ (neat; tidy; possessing order) · ckb ڕێکوپێکی (neat; tidy; possessing order) · hy կոկիկ (neat; tidy; possessing order) · mk ми́рен (peaceful; well-behaved) · hu rendszerető (neat; tidy; possessing order) · mk спо́коен (peaceful; well-behaved) · hu békés (peaceful; well-behaved) · fr ordonné (neat; tidy; possessing order) · hu rendezett (methodical; systematic) · es pacífico (peaceful; well-behaved) · pl uporządkowany (methodical; systematic) · ru аккура́тный (neat; tidy; possessing order) · mk система́тски (methodical; systematic) · ru ми́рный (peaceful; well-behaved) · bg подреден (neat; tidy; possessing order) · it metodico (methodical; systematic) · bg методичен (methodical; systematic) · grc εὔτακτος (neat; tidy; possessing order) · th เป็นระเบียบ (neat; tidy; possessing order) · es ordenado (neat; tidy; possessing order) · de ordentlich (neat; tidy; possessing order) · is skipulegur (neat; tidy; possessing order) · ceb hapsay (neat; tidy; possessing order) · ru методи́чный (methodical; systematic) · fi järjestynyt (neat; tidy; possessing order) · grc εὔκοσμος (neat; tidy; possessing order) · bg акуратен (neat; tidy; possessing order) · ru опря́тный (neat; tidy; possessing order) · da velordnet (neat; tidy; possessing order) · ru споко́йный (peaceful; well-behaved) · da ordentlig (neat; tidy; possessing order) · de systematisch (methodical; systematic) · hi व्यवस्थित (neat; tidy; possessing order)

orderly en · ADV

Pronunciation

  • /ˈɔɹdɚli/ (General-American)
  • /ˈɔːdəli/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • (US) audio

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂er-der. Proto-Italic *ordōder. Latin ōrdinem Old French ordneder. Middle English ordre English order Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-West Germanic *-līk Old English -līċ Middle English -ly English -ly English orderly From order + -ly.

Meanings

  1. (archaic) According to good order or practice; appropriately, in a well-behaved or orderly (adjective) way.
    • You are blunt; go to it orderly. 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[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene ii]:
    • 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. 2014, Huei-Huang Lee, Finite Element Simulations with ANSYS Workbench 15: Theory, Applications, Case Studies, SDC Publications, →ISBN, page 191:
    • 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. 1991, Chor-San Heng Khoo, Physics of Liquid Crystalline Materials, CRC Press, →ISBN, page 33:
  2. (obsolete) In order; in a particular order or succession; with a suitable arrangement.
    • And in the Tombe which is an arch made of mats, they lay them orderly. 1624, John Smith, Generall Historie, Kupperman, published 1988, page 149:
    • Thus orderly marshaled, they take their course and swim whither their journey tends, as broad and wide behind as before[…]. 1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 12, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book II, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC:
    • The earth from heaven, the sea from earth, he parted orderly, / And from the thicke and foggie ayre, he tooke the lightsome skie. 1567, Ovid, translated by Arthur Golding, Metamorphoses, section I:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
more orderly Degree=Cmp lexicographic
most orderly Degree=Sup lexicographic
ordrely alternative, obsolete lexicographic

Synonyms

systematically · methodically (in order)

orderly en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /ˈɔɹdɚli/ (General-American)
  • /ˈɔːdəli/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • (US) audio

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂er-der. Proto-Italic *ordōder. Latin ōrdinem Old French ordneder. Middle English ordre English order Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-West Germanic *-līk Old English -līċ Middle English -ly English -ly English orderly From order + -ly.

Meanings

  1. A hospital attendant given a variety of non-medical duties.
  2. A soldier who carries out minor tasks for a superior officer.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
orderlies Number=Plur lexicographic
ordrely alternative, obsolete lexicographic

Synonyms

batman

Translations (37)

fr planton (soldier who carries out minor tasks for a superior officer — see also batman) · hu beteghordó (hospital attendant given a variety of non-medical duties) · hu betegszállító (hospital attendant given a variety of non-medical duties) · fi sotilaspalvelija (soldier who carries out minor tasks for a superior officer — see also batman) · pt servente (hospital attendant given a variety of non-medical duties) · ru санита́р (hospital attendant given a variety of non-medical duties) · de Ordonnanzsoldat (soldier who carries out minor tasks for a superior officer — see also batman) · pl ordynans (soldier who carries out minor tasks for a superior officer — see also batman) · la cacula (soldier who carries out minor tasks for a superior officer — see also batman) · ru вестово́й (soldier who carries out minor tasks for a superior officer — see also batman) · ru санита́рка (hospital attendant given a variety of non-medical duties) · es camillero (hospital attendant given a variety of non-medical duties) · pl salowa (hospital attendant given a variety of non-medical duties) · hu tisztiszolga (soldier who carries out minor tasks for a superior officer — see also batman) · mk санита́рка (hospital attendant given a variety of non-medical duties) · mk бо́лничар (hospital attendant given a variety of non-medical duties) · de Ordonnanz (soldier who carries out minor tasks for a superior officer — see also batman) · mk болни́чарка (hospital attendant given a variety of non-medical duties) · mk орди́нарец (soldier who carries out minor tasks for a superior officer — see also batman) · cs sanitář (hospital attendant given a variety of non-medical duties) · sv sjukvårdsbiträde (hospital attendant given a variety of non-medical duties) · fi sairaala-apulainen (hospital attendant given a variety of non-medical duties) · de Krankenpfleger (hospital attendant given a variety of non-medical duties) · bg ординарец (soldier who carries out minor tasks for a superior officer — see also batman) · mk ордона́нс (soldier who carries out minor tasks for a superior officer — see also batman) · da portør (hospital attendant given a variety of non-medical duties) · ru ордина́рец (soldier who carries out minor tasks for a superior officer — see also batman) · it attendente (soldier who carries out minor tasks for a superior officer — see also batman) · ro ordonanță (soldier who carries out minor tasks for a superior officer — see also batman) · de Pflegehelfer (hospital attendant given a variety of non-medical duties) · mk санита́р (hospital attendant given a variety of non-medical duties) · da oppasser (soldier who carries out minor tasks for a superior officer — see also batman) · sv vårdbiträde (hospital attendant given a variety of non-medical duties) · da ordonnans (soldier who carries out minor tasks for a superior officer — see also batman) · pl salowy (hospital attendant given a variety of non-medical duties) · ru денщи́к (soldier who carries out minor tasks for a superior officer — see also batman) · es celador (hospital attendant given a variety of non-medical duties)