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Orderly

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Noun

1. orderly

a soldier who serves as an attendant to a superior officer

Example Sentences:
'the orderly laid out the general's uniform'

2. hospital attendant, orderly

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

Adjective

3. orderly

devoid of violence or disruption

Example Sentences:
'an orderly crowd confronted the president'

4. neat, orderly

clean or organized

Example Sentences:
'her neat dress'
'a neat room'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.


Orderly

see synonyms of orderly
adjective
1. 
in order, properly arranged, or tidy
2. 
obeying or appreciating method, system, and arrangement
3. 
harmonious or peaceful
4. military
of or relating to orders
an orderly book
adverb
5. rare
according to custom or rule
noun plural -lies
6. medicine
a male hospital attendant
7. military
a junior rank detailed to carry orders or perform minor tasks for a more senior officer

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Orderly

see synonyms of orderly
adjective
1. 
a. 
neat or tidy in arrangement; in good order
b. 
arranged in, conforming to, or exhibiting some regular order; systematic
2. 
well-behaved; law-abiding; peaceful
3. 
having to do with the recording and transmission of military orders, records, etc.
the orderly room
adverb
4. 
in regular or proper order; methodically
nounWord forms: plural ˈorderlies
5.  Military
an enlisted person assigned to perform personal services for an officer or officers or to carry out a specific task
latrine orderly
6. 
a male hospital attendant

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Orderly

see synonyms of orderly
adj.
1.
a. Free from disorder; neat or well-arranged: an orderly room.
b. Having a systematic arrangement: a garden with orderly rows.
2.
a. Given to keeping things neat or well-arranged: an orderly housekeeper.
b. Adhering or conforming to a method or system: an orderly researcher.
3. Devoid of violence or disruption; peaceful: an orderly transition of governments.
n. pl. or·der·lies
1. An attendant who does routine, nonmedical work in a hospital.
2. A soldier assigned to attend and perform various tasks for a superior officer.
adv.
Systematically; regularly.

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