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UK
/ˈɔːdəli/
]
[ US /ˈɔɹdɝɫi/ ]
[ US /ˈɔɹdɝɫi/ ]
NOUN
- a male hospital attendant who has general duties that do not involve the medical treatment of patients
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a soldier who serves as an attendant to a superior officer
the orderly laid out the general's uniform
ADJECTIVE
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clean or organized
her neat dress
a neat room -
devoid of violence or disruption
an orderly crowd confronted the president
How To Use orderly In A Sentence
- My Mom took a job as a nursing orderly in a mental hospital where sleeping pills and tranquillisers were easily obtainable.
- Each House may determine the rules of its proceedings, punish its members for disorderly behavior, and, with the concurrence of two thirds, expel a member.
- This is helped by the orderly arrangement of The Square and the very good developments of roadside verges on the approach roads.
- Among the dainties was a live pig, which squeaking and grunting in anticipation of its fate, supplied to this orderly procession the absence of a musical band. A New Voyage Round the World in the Years 1823, 24, 25, and 26. Vol. 1
- When I came to it was to find myself on the floor with my orderly shaking me.
- Tea at a tiny inn sunk in a dell through which a sleepy lane trickled between high banks -- tea in the pocket garden under sweet-smelling limes, where stocks stood orderly and honeysuckle sprawled over the brick-nogging, brought back old days of happy fellowship, just to outshine their memory. Anthony Lyveden
- She organized them into an orderly set of people each working purposefully and productively.
- This suggests a certain diminished tolerance for what is defined as antisocial behavior; Eric Monkkonen, on the other hand, in “A Disorderly People?” A History of American Law
- He stalked over to the pup tent of the recreation tent orderly and bawled him out.
- An element of the crowd began to hoot and catcall during the speeches, setting a disorderly tone for the following proceedings.
