# orderly
## English
### Alternative forms

* ordrely (obsolete)

### Etymology

From order +‎ -ly.

### Pronunciation

* (General American) IPA: /ˈɔɹdɚli/
* (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˈɔːdəli/
* Audio (US):(file)
* Hyphenation: or‧der‧ly

### Adjective

orderly (comparative more orderly, superlative most orderly)
* Neat and tidy; possessing order.
    He has always kept an orderly kitchen, with nothing out of place.
* Methodical or systematic.
    We live in an orderly universe, where rules govern both the movements of planets and the binding of molecules.
* Peaceful; well-behaved.
    An orderly gathering of citizens stood on the corner awaiting the bus.
* Being on duty; keeping order; conveying orders.
** 1814 July 7, [Walter Scott], Waverley; or, ’Tis Sixty Years Since. […], volumes (please specify |volume=I to III), Edinburgh: […] James Ballantyne and Co. for Archibald Constable and Co.; London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, →OCLC:aids-de-camp and orderly men

#### Synonyms

* (possessing order): regular, trim, well-kept; see also Thesaurus:orderly
* (methodical or systematic): See also Thesaurus:methodical

#### Derived terms

* orderliness

#### Translations
### Noun

orderly (plural orderlies)
* A hospital attendant given a variety of non-medical duties.
* (military) A soldier who carries out minor tasks for a superior officer.
    Synonym: batman

#### Translations
### Adverb

orderly (comparative more orderly, superlative most orderly)
* (now rare) According to good order or practice; appropriately, in a well-behaved or orderly (adjective) way. [from 15th c.]
** c. 1590–1592 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Taming of the Shrew”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene ii]:You are blunt; go to it orderly.
** 1991, Chor-San Heng Khoo, Physics of Liquid Crystalline Materials, CRC Press, →ISBN, page 33:Phase R: the rods are linked three by three and form planar twodimensional hexagonal networks. In both cases, the networks are orderly stacked in a three-dimensional lattice.
** 2014, Huei-Huang Lee, Finite Element Simulations with ANSYS Workbench 15: Theory, Applications, Case Studies, SDC Publications, →ISBN, page 191:The rectangles are orderly stacked with the topmost rectangle representing the most visible entity and subsequent rectangles representing entities underneath the mouse cursor, front to back.
* (obsolete) In order; in a particular order or succession; with a suitable arrangement. [15th–19th c.]
** 1567, Ovid, translated by Arthur Golding, Metamorphoses, section I:The earth from heaven, the sea from earth, he parted orderly, / And from the thicke and foggie ayre, he tooke the lightsome skie.
** 1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 12, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book II, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC:Thus orderly marshaled, they take their course and swim whither their journey tends, as broad and wide behind as before […].
** 1624, John Smith, Generall Historie, Kupperman, published 1988, page 149:And in the Tombe which is an arch made of mats, they lay them orderly.

#### Synonyms

* (in order): methodically, systematically; see also Thesaurus:methodically

### Anagrams

* ordrely