Orderly
['ɔːd(ə)lɪ] or ['ɔrdɚli]
Definition
(noun.) a male hospital attendant who has general duties that do not involve the medical treatment of patients.
(noun.) a soldier who serves as an attendant to a superior officer; 'the orderly laid out the general's uniform'.
(adj.) devoid of violence or disruption; 'an orderly crowd confronted the president' .
Edited by Jason--From WordNet
Definition
(a.) Conformed to order; in order; regular; as, an orderly course or plan.
(a.) Observant of order, authority, or rule; hence, obedient; quiet; peaceable; not unruly; as, orderly children; an orderly community.
(a.) Performed in good or established order; well-regulated.
(a.) Being on duty; keeping order; conveying orders.
(adv.) According to due order; regularly; methodically; duly.
(n.) A noncommissioned officer or soldier who attends a superior officer to carry his orders, or to render other service.
(n.) A street sweeper.
Typed by Anton
Synonyms and Synonymous
a. [1]. Regular, methodical, systematic.[2]. Peaceable, quiet, well behaved.
Checker: Steve
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Regular, equable, peaceable, methodical, quiet
ANT:Irregular, disorderly, riotous
Edited by Andrea
Examples
- Nothing could be more precise, exact, and orderly than Greenleaf. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- These conditions, stated in an orderly sequence, would constitute the method or way or manner of its growth. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- From his orderly. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- The orderly brought a chair and he sat down, and good news. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- The major spoke to an orderly who went out of sight in the back and came back with a metal basin of cold cooked macaroni. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- The individual develops, but his proper development consists in repeating in orderly stages the past evolution of animal life and human history. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- Nor are the rocks of the world in orderly layers one above the other, convenient for men to read. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- There was no orderly procedure. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- I thought you was one of the orderly sort, that liked to lie in bed in a Christian way. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- Quite orderly and right, Sir Leicester. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- The orderly brought the glasses and opened the bottle. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- Silent and orderly, six soldiers rode softly by. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Here is the corkscrew, Signor Tenente, the orderly said. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- I waked the orderly and he poured mineral water on the dressings. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- From 1789 to late in 1791 the French Revolution was an orderly process, and from the summer of 1794 the Republic was an orderly and victorious state. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
Typist: Miranda