[ UK /ˈɔːdəli/ ]
[ US /ˈɔɹdɝɫi/ ]
NOUN
  1. a male hospital attendant who has general duties that do not involve the medical treatment of patients
  2. a soldier who serves as an attendant to a superior officer
    the orderly laid out the general's uniform
ADJECTIVE
  1. clean or organized
    her neat dress
    a neat room
  2. devoid of violence or disruption
    an orderly crowd confronted the president
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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.
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