Hypertext Webster Gateway: "disorderly"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Disorderly \Dis*or"der*ly\, adv.
In a disorderly manner; without law or order; irregularly;
confusedly.

Withdraw yourselves from every brother that walketh
disorderly. --2 Thess.
iii. 6.

Savages fighting disorderly with stones. --Sir W.
Raleigh.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Disorderly \Dis*or"der*ly\, a.
1. Not in order; marked by disorder; disarranged;
immethodical; as, the books and papers are in a disorderly
state.

2. Not acting in an orderly way, as the functions of the body
or mind.

3. Not complying with the restraints of order and law;
tumultuous; unruly; lawless; turbulent; as, disorderly
people; disorderly assemblies.

4. (Law) Offensive to good morals and public decency;
notoriously offensive; as, a disorderly house.

Syn: Irregular; immethodical; confused; tumultuous;
inordinate; intemperate; unruly; lawless; vicious.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

disorderly
adj 1: undisciplined and unruly; "disorderly youths"; "disorderly
conduct" [ant: {orderly}]
2: in utter disorder; "a disorderly pile of clothes" [syn: {higgledy-piggledy},
{hugger-mugger}, {jumbled}, {topsy-turvy}]
3: completely unordered and unpredictable and confusing [syn: {chaotic}]

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