orderly
According to good order or practiceAccording to good order or practice; appropriately, in a well-behaved or orderly (adjective) way.
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2 senses(archaic)According to good order or practice; appropriately, in a well-behaved or orderly (adjective) way.
(obsolete)In order; in a particular order or succession; with a suitable arrangement.
Examples
18 sentencesAre you an orderly?
Why can't you keep an orderly house?
Sami worked at the hospital as an orderly.
When Tom was young, he was orderly and proper.
Everything seemed neat and orderly at a first glance.
Forms
more orderly, most orderly| Comparative | more orderly Lesson |
|---|---|
| Superlative | most orderly |
regular
Synonyms
2 synonymsLessons for this word
2 lessons- A2Comparatives — Because it has a comparative form
- A2Adverbs of manner — Because it is an -ly adverb
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.