Orderly - Dictionary Definition and Overview

Orderly :  adj
1: devoid of violence or disruption; "an orderly crowd confronted the president" [ant: disorderly]
2: according to custom or rule or natural law [syn: lawful, rule-governed]
3: not haphazard; "a series of orderly actions at regular hours" [syn: systematic]
4: marked by or adhering to method or system; "a clean orderly man"; "an orderly mind"; "an orderly desk"
5: marked by system or regularity or discipline; "a quiet ordered house"; "an orderly universe"; "a well regulated life" [syn: ordered, regulated]
6: marked by an orderly, logical, and aesthetically consistent relation of parts; "a logical argument"; "the orderly presentation" [syn: consistent, logical, ordered] (noun)
1: a soldier who serves as an attendant to a superior officer; "the orderly laid out the general's uniform"
2: a male hospital attendant who has general non-medical duties [syn: hospital attendant]

Based on WordNet 2.0

Orderly : \Or"der*ly\, a. 1. Conformed to order; in order; regular; as, an orderly course or plan. --Milton.

2. Observant of order, authority, or rule; hence, obedient; quiet; peaceable; not unruly; as, orderly children; an orderly community.

3. Performed in good or established order; well-regulated. ``An orderly . . . march.'' --Clarendon.

4. Being on duty; keeping order; conveying orders. ``Aids-de-camp and orderly men.'' --Sir W. Scott.

Orderly book (Mil.), a book for every company, in which the general and regimental orders are recorded.

Orderly officer, the officer of the day, or that officer of a corps or regiment whose turn it is to supervise for the day the arrangements for food, cleanliness, etc. --Farrow.

Orderly room. (a) The court of the commanding officer, where charges against the men of the regiment are tried. (b) The office of the commanding officer, usually in the barracks, whence orders emanate. --Farrow.

Orderly sergeant, the first sergeant of a company.

Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

Orderly : \Or"der*ly\, adv. According to due order; regularly; methodically; duly.

You are blunt; go to it orderly. --Shak.

Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

Orderly : \Or"der*ly\, n.; pl. Orderlies. 1. (Mil.) A noncommissioned officer or soldier who attends a superior officer to carry his orders, or to render other service.

Orderlies were appointed to watch the palace. --Macaulay.

2. A street sweeper. [Eng.] --Mayhew.

Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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