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orderly(1) (iou)



orderly adjective & noun. M16.
[from ORDER noun + -LY1.]
A. adjective.
a. Arranged in order; characterized by regular sequence or arrangement; regular, methodical. M16.
V. Woolf In what orderly procession they advance. C. S. Forester His world dissolved into chaos compared with which what had gone before was orderly.
b. Of a person, a person's disposition, etc.: observant of order or method; systematic, methodical. L16.
Observant of order or discipline; well-conducted, well-behaved. L16.
Manchester Examiner Elections are now conducted in an orderly manner.
Military. Pertaining to orders; charged with the conveyance or execution of orders. E18.
Pertaining to a system of keeping the streets clean by sweeping and the removal of dirt, litter, etc. Now rare. M19.
Special collocations: orderly book = ORDER BOOK (a). orderly corporal, orderly officer, orderly sergeant (a) a corporal, officer, or sergeant who carries orders or messages for a superior officer; (b) a corporal, officer, or sergeant whose turn it is to attend to the domestic affairs of the corps or regiment. orderly room a room in a barracks used for company business. orderly sergeant: see orderly corporal above.
b. noun.
A non-commissioned officer or private soldier who carries orders or messages for a superior officer. L18.
P. Fitzgerald He had to be wakened by his orderly before every battle.
An attendant in a hospital responsible for the non-medical care of patients and the maintenance of order and cleanliness. E19.
E. Welty A pair of orderlies came..to take Mr. Dalzell to the operating room.
A person whose job is to keep the streets clean. Now rare. M19.
? Earlier in UNORDERLY adjective.
orderliness noun L16.