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# orderly

adjective (orderly); noun (an orderly, orderlies)

«orderly» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Orderly means tidy and well arranged: an orderly desk. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/orderly/#m1)
2. Orderly means calm and well behaved, without pushing: an orderly queue. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/orderly/#m2)
3. (noun) An orderly is a person who helps in a hospital, carrying things and moving patients, or a soldier who helps an officer. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/orderly/#m3)

### In the lessons

In school and safety: leave the building in an orderly way during a fire drill; make an orderly line. In hospitals: orderlies help nurses. It tells the reader things are calm and organised.

### Examples

- Please walk out in an orderly line. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/orderly/#x1)
- The fire drill was quick and orderly. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/orderly/#x2)
- Her pencils were in an orderly row. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/orderly/#x3)
- The crowd waited in an orderly queue. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/orderly/#x4)
- A hospital orderly pushed the wheelchair. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/orderly/#x5)
- Keep your notes neat and orderly. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/orderly/#x6)

### Note

Though it ends in -ly, «orderly» is an adjective, not an adverb: say «in an orderly way», not «they left orderly». Opposite: disorderly. From «order».

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «orderly» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/orderly/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«orderly» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/orderly.html) on Mova free.