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Adjective: orderly  or-du(r)-lee
  1. Clean or organized
    "her orderly dress";
    - neat
     
  2. Devoid of violence or disruption
    "an orderly crowd confronted the president"
Noun: orderly  or-du(r)-lee
  1. A soldier who serves as an attendant to a superior officer
    "the orderly laid out the general's uniform"
     
  2. A hospital worker who has general duties that do not involve the medical treatment of patients
    - hospital attendant

Derived forms: orderlies

See also: tidy

Type of: attendant, attender, pongo [Brit, informal], soldier, tender

Antonym: disorderly

Encyclopedia: Orderly