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Definition of 'orderly'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (adj.) orderly
arranged or disposed in a neat, tidy manner or in a regular sequence:
an orderly desk.

2.  orderly
observant of or governed by system or method.

3.  orderly
characterized by or observant of law, rule, or discipline; well-behaved; law-abiding.

4.  orderly
pertaining to or charged with the communication or execution of orders.

5. (n.) orderly
a hospital attendant having general, nonmedical duties.

6.  orderly
an enlisted soldier assigned to perform various chores for a commanding officer or group of officers.

7. (adv.) orderly
methodically; regularly.

8.  orderly
according to established order or rule.

Etymology: (1470–80)

Definition of 'orderly'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) orderly
a soldier who serves as an attendant to a superior officer
"the orderly laid out the general's uniform"

2. (adj) orderly, hospital attendant
a male hospital attendant who has general duties that do not involve the medical treatment of patients

3. (adj) orderly
devoid of violence or disruption
"an orderly crowd confronted the president"

4. (adj) neat, orderly
clean or organized
"her neat dress"; "a neat room"

Definition of 'orderly'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (adjective) orderly
organized and neat
an orderly house

Translation of 'orderly'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: well-behaved; quiet an orderly queue of people.
Afrikaans: ordelik	Arabic: مُرَتَّب، خاضِع للنِّظام،	Bulgarian: подреден
Brazilian: ordenado	Czech: spořádaný, ukázněný	German: ordentlich
Danish: velordnet; rolig	Greek: υπάκουος, πειθαρχημένος	Spanish: formal, ordenado
Estonian: distsiplineeritud	Farsi: منظم؛ آراسته	Finnish: hyvin käyttäytyvä
French: discipliné	Hebrew: מְמוּשמָע	Hindi: सुव्यवस्थित रूप से
Croatian: uredan	Hungarian: rendes, fegyelmezett	Indonesian: teratur
Icelandic: agaður; stilltur	Italian: ordinato	Japanese: 秩序ある
Korean: 질서를 지키는	Lithuanian: drausmingas, tvarkingas,	Latvian: uzvedīgs; kārtīgs
Malay: teratur	Dutch: ordelijk	Norwegian: ordentlig, hvor det hersk
Polish: zdyscyplinowany	Persian: منظم؛ آراسته	Pashto: منظم
Portuguese: ordenado	Romanian: disciplinat	Russian: послушный, спокойный; орг
Slovak: disciplinovaný	Slovenian: urejen	Serbian: uredan
Swedish: [väl]ordnad	Thai: ที่เป็นไปด้วยความสงบ	Turkish: düzenli, tertipli
Taiwanese: 有秩序的	Ukrainian: дисциплінований; доброї п	Urdu: مرتب، پرسکون
Vietnamese: phục tùng kỷ luật	Chinese: 有秩序的
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