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English Dictionary: orderly by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
orderly
adj
  1. devoid of violence or disruption; "an orderly crowd confronted the president"
    Antonym(s): disorderly
  2. clean or organized; "her neat dress"; "a neat room"
    Synonym(s): neat, orderly
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 duties that do not involve the medical treatment of patients
    Synonym(s): orderly, hospital attendant
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 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.
            [bd]An orderly . . . march.[b8] --Clarendon.
  
      4. Being on duty; keeping order; conveying orders.
            [bd]Aids-de-camp and orderly men.[b8] --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.
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