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orderly

/ˈɔɹdɚli/noun, adjective3 syllables

Orderly means: clean or organized.

Synonyms for orderly18

noun, as in a male hospital attendant who has general duties that do not involve the medical treatment of patients

hospital attendant

adjective, as in clean or organized

neat, tidy

also used for orderly

regular, trim, well-kept, all Sir Garnet, Bristol fashion and shipshape, in order, neat and tidy, neat as a new pin, neat as a pin, nice as ninepence, prest, ruly, shipshape, shipshape and Bristol fashion, batman

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Opposites of orderly

disorderly

What does orderly mean?4

adjective

1

clean or organized“her neat dress”

2

devoid of violence or disruption“an orderly crowd confronted the president”

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”

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What rhymes with orderly?1

four syllables

disorderly
Show 8 near rhymes
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Orderly in a sentence

  • An orderly lifestyle and a regular diet are the keys to health.fishda
  • Sami worked at the hospital as an orderly.OsoHombre
  • Do schools really expect students to be this orderly during a fire?DJ_Saidez
  • Everything seemed neat and orderly at a first glance.megamanenm
  • Spices and condiments should be arranged in an orderly manner.Amastan
  • Social conditioning propaganda was broadcast every night to keep society orderly.rul
  • In Japan, you can see the orderly lines at stations.unknown
  • When I am at work, I am a very orderly person.genuineblood

Sentences from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR, credited to their authors.

Forms of orderly

as a noun

plural
orderlies