Hypertext Webster Gateway: "orderly"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Orderly \Or"der*ly\, a.
1. Conformed to order; in order; regular; as, an orderly
course or plan. --Milton.
2. Observant of order, authority, or rule; hence, obedient;
quiet; peaceable; not unruly; as, orderly children; an
orderly community.
3. Performed in good or established order; well-regulated.
``An orderly . . . march.'' --Clarendon.
4. Being on duty; keeping order; conveying orders.
``Aids-de-camp and orderly men.'' --Sir W. Scott.
{Orderly book} (Mil.), a book for every company, in which the
general and regimental orders are recorded.
{Orderly officer}, the officer of the day, or that officer of
a corps or regiment whose turn it is to supervise for the
day the arrangements for food, cleanliness, etc. --Farrow.
{Orderly room}.
(a) The court of the commanding officer, where charges
against the men of the regiment are tried.
(b) The office of the commanding officer, usually in the
barracks, whence orders emanate. --Farrow.
{Orderly sergeant}, the first sergeant of a company.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Orderly \Or"der*ly\, adv.
According to due order; regularly; methodically; duly.
You are blunt; go to it orderly. --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Orderly \Or"der*ly\, n.; pl. {Orderlies}.
1. (Mil.) A noncommissioned officer or soldier who attends a
superior officer to carry his orders, or to render other
service.
Orderlies were appointed to watch the palace.
--Macaulay.
2. A street sweeper. [Eng.] --Mayhew.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
orderly
adj 1: devoid of violence or disruption; "an orderly crowd
confronted the president" [ant: {disorderly}]
2: according to custom or rule or natural law [syn: {lawful}, {rule-governed}]
3: not haphazard; "a series of orderly actions at regular
hours" [syn: {systematic}]
4: marked by or adhering to method or system; "a clean orderly
man"; "an orderly mind"; "an orderly desk"
5: marked by system or regularity or discipline; "a quiet
ordered house"; "an orderly universe"; "a well regulated
life" [syn: {ordered}, {regulated}]
6: marked by an orderly, logical, and aesthetically consistent
relation of parts; "a logical argument"; "the orderly
presentation" [syn: {consistent}, {logical}, {ordered}]
n 1: a soldier who serves as an attendant to a superior officer;
"the orderly laid out the general's uniform"
2: a male hospital attendant who has general non-medical duties
[syn: {hospital attendant}]
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