orderliness

or·der·ly

 (ôr′dər-lē)

adj.

1.

a. Free from disorder; neat or well-arranged: an orderly room.

b. Having a systematic arrangement: a garden with orderly rows.

2.

a. Given to keeping things neat or well-arranged: an orderly housekeeper.

b. Adhering or conforming to a method or system: an orderly researcher.

3. Devoid of violence or disruption; peaceful: an orderly transition of governments.

n. pl. or·der·lies

1. An attendant who does routine, nonmedical work in a hospital.

2. A soldier assigned to attend and perform various tasks for a superior officer.

adv.

Systematically; regularly.


or′der·li·ness n.

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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Noun1.orderliness - the quality of appreciating method and systemorderliness - the quality of appreciating method and system

regularity - the quality of being characterized by a fixed principle or rate; "he was famous for the regularity of his habits"

organisation, organization, system - an ordered manner; orderliness by virtue of being methodical and well organized; "his compulsive organization was not an endearing quality"; "we can't do it unless we establish some system around here"

2.orderliness - a condition of regular or proper arrangement; "he put his desk in order"; "the machine is now in working order"

condition, status - a state at a particular time; "a condition (or state) of disrepair"; "the current status of the arms negotiations"

spit and polish - careful attention to order and appearance (as in the military)

kelter, kilter - in working order; "out of kilter"; "in good kilter"

tidiness - the habit of being tidy

disorderliness, disorder - a condition in which things are not in their expected places; "the files are in complete disorder"

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orderliness

noun

Systematic arrangement and design:

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Translations

نِظام، تَرْتيب

orden

rendszeresség-szeretet

reglusemi

usporiadanosť

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orderliness

[ˈɔːdəlɪnɪs] nordine m

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order

(ˈoːdə) noun

1. a statement (by a person in authority) of what someone must do; a command. He gave me my orders.

2. an instruction to supply something. orders from Germany for special gates.

3. something supplied. Your order is nearly ready.

4. a tidy state. The house is in (good) order.

5. a system or method. I must have order in my life.

6. an arrangement (of people, things etc) in space, time etc. in alphabetical order; in order of importance.

7. a peaceful condition. law and order.

8. a written instruction to pay money. a banker's order.

9. a group, class, rank or position. This is a list of the various orders of plants; the social order.

10. a religious society, especially of monks. the Benedictine order.

verb

1. to tell (someone) to do something (from a position of authority). He ordered me to stand up.

2. to give an instruction to supply. I have ordered some new furniture from the shop; He ordered a steak.

3. to put in order. Should we order these alphabetically?

ˈorderly adjective

well-behaved; quiet. an orderly queue of people.

nounplural ˈorderlies

1. a hospital attendant who does routine jobs.

2. a soldier who carries an officer's orders and messages.

ˈorderliness nounˈorder-form noun

a form on which a customer's order is written.

in order

1. correct according to what is regularly done, especially in meetings etc. It is quite in order to end the meeting now.

2. in a good efficient state. Everything is in order for the party.

in order (that)

so that. He checked all his figures again in order that the report might be as accurate as possible.

in order to

for the purpose of. I went home in order to change my clothes.

made to order

made when and how a customer wishes. curtains made to order.

on order

having been ordered but not yet supplied. We don't have any copies of this book at the moment, but it's on order.

order about

to keep on giving orders (to someone). I'm tired of him ordering me about all the time.

out of order

1. not working (properly). The machine is out of order.

2. not correct according to what is regularly done, especially in meetings etc. He was out of order in saying that.

a tall order

a difficult job or task. Asking us to finish this by Friday is a bit of a tall order.

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