orderly

Plural: orderlies

Noun

• A hospital attendant responsible for non-medical duties.
• a soldier who serves as an attendant to a superior officer
  • "the orderly laid out the general's uniform"
• a male hospital attendant who has general duties that do not involve the medical treatment of patients
• A hospital attendant given a variety of non-medical duties.
• A soldier who carries out minor tasks for a superior officer.

Adjective

• devoid of violence or disruption
  • "an orderly crowd confronted the president"

Adjective Satellite

• clean or organized

Adj

• Neat and tidy; possessing order.
• Methodical or systematic.
• Peaceful; well-behaved.
• Being on duty; keeping order; conveying orders.

Adv

• According to good order or practice; appropriately, in a well-behaved or orderly (adjective) way.
• In order; in a particular order or succession; with a suitable arrangement.

Examples

• An orderly gathering of citizens stood on the corner awaiting the bus.
• He has always kept an orderly kitchen, with nothing out of place.
• The Scrabble club’s orderly ensured all dictionaries were returned to their proper shelves.
• We live in an orderly universe, where rules govern both the movements of planets and the binding of molecules.

Synonyms

hospital attendant, neat, batman, in order, methodically, neat and tidy, neat as a new pin, neat as a pin, nice as ninepence, orderly, prest, regular, ruly, shipshape, systematically, tidy, tight, tiptop, tosh, trig, trim, well-kept

Antonyms

disorderly

Related Words

clean, presentable, restrained

Anagrams of orderly