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Definition of Orderly

1. Noun. A soldier who serves as an attendant to a superior officer. "The orderly laid out the general's uniform"

2. Adjective. Devoid of violence or disruption. "An orderly crowd confronted the president"

3. Noun. A male hospital attendant who has general duties that do not involve the medical treatment of patients.

4. Adjective. Clean or organized. "A neat room"

Definition of Orderly

1. a. Conformed to order; in order; regular; as, an orderly course or plan.

2. adv. According to due order; regularly; methodically; duly.

3. n. A noncommissioned officer or soldier who attends a superior officer to carry his orders, or to render other service.

Definition of Orderly

1. Adjective. Neat and tidy; possessing order. ¹

2. Adjective. Methodical or systematic. ¹

3. Adjective. Peaceful; well-behaved. ¹

4. Noun. A hospital attendant given a variety of non-medical duties. ¹

5. Noun. A soldier who carries out minor tasks for a superior officer. ¹

6. Adverb. (rare) According to good order or practice; appropriately, in a well-behaved way. (defdate from 15th c.) ¹

7. Adverb. (obsolete) In order; in a particular order or succession; with a suitable arrangement. (defdate 15th-19th c.) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Orderly

1. a male attendant [n -LIES] - See also: attendant

Medical Definition of Orderly

1. An attendant in a hospital unit who assists in the care of patients. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Orderly

ordered on-random off mechanism ordered out ordered pair ordered pairs ordered series orderer orderers ordering ordering out orderings

orderless orderlessness orderlies orderliness orderlinesses orderly (current term) orderly sergeant orders orders of magnitude orders of operations

orders out ordinability ordinable ordinal ordinal-number ordinal adjective ordinal direction ordinal indicator ordinal indicators ordinal number

Literary usage of Orderly

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The New England Historical and Genealogical Register by Henry Fritz-Gilbert Waters (1900)
"orderly Book of Sergeant Josiah Perry. [Jan. Sarah Ann, wife of William Whiting, ... JOSIAH PERRY, of Webster, has in his possession an orderly Book ..."

2. The Writings in Prose and Verse of Rudyard Kipling by Rudyard Kipling (1899)
"The moon was white on the barricks, The road was white an' wide, An' the orderly Orf cer took it all, An' the ten-foot ditch beside. ..."

3. The Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography by Historical Society of Pennsylvania (1898)
"orderly-BOOK OF THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE REGIMENT OP FOOT, ... The orderly-Book is in a fairly good condition, and many of the entries are in the handwriting ..."

4. The Odyssey of Homer by Homer, Andrew Lang, Samuel Henry Butcher (1900)
"So they soon embarked and sat upon the benches, and sitting orderly smote the grey sea water with their oars. ' Thence we sailed onward stricken at heart, ..."

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