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orderly

orderly

41 3.5
Calm and peaceful, without fighting or loud noise
  • adjective
  • /ˈɔrdərli/
translation icon : pacífico
  • The teacher instructed the students to file out in an orderly way after the fire drill.
  • safe and orderly
  • an orderly environment
  • peaceful and orderly

was cleared last Thursday, it was done in a very peaceful and orderly manner without any violence.

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Examples

  • Please use the stairs and proceed in an orderly manner.

  • Make an orderly queue to be allowed entrance to the street, please.

  • Ask those questions in a calm, orderly fashion, or I will leave.

  • Please leave the premises in a calm and orderly fashion.

  • You need to leave the campus in an orderly fashion.

  • Other strategies are necessary to maintain a safe and orderly learning environment at school.

    Academic text (2013)
  • Please make your way to the nearest exit in an orderly fashion.

  • All citizens must evacuate in a calm, orderly manner.

  • Please proceed to the filtering facility in an orderly manner.

  • The school should have an atmosphere that is orderly, purposeful, and conducive to learning and good character.

    Academic text (2000)

Synonyms

peaceful
vsorderly
428 1.0

Calm and quiet, without noise or trouble

includes calm but also shows planned arrangement and controlled behavior
organized
vsorderly
  • US
19 2.0

Having things in order so they are easy to find

includes calm and absence of disruption as well as arrangement
peaceable
vsorderly
7 4.1

Calm and not wanting to fight or argue

is calm while also being more structured and controlled in conduct

Antonyms

violent
  • Offensive
2.5

Using strong force that causes harm

57 5.8

Causing trouble that interrupts normal activity

34 4.4

Behaving badly and not following rules

Compounds

9.9

A senior soldier who helps an officer by passing orders and handling the unit's paperwork

How Peaceful

serene
38 3.9
calm
735 1.0
orderly
41 3.5
unsettled
22 4.2
turbulent
34 6.6
violent
  • Offensive
2.5

Surface Forms

orderly positive
orderlier comparative
orderliest superlative

Morphology

orderly = order (transparent) = order + ly

Formed by the productive suffix '-ly' from 'order' and denotes a state of being orderly (peaceful, controlled), which is a straightforward extension of the base meaning.

Etymology

Orderly meaning peaceful comes from order, which also means 'rule' or 'control' and the idea of people acting in 'order' rather than causing trouble. So an orderly event is calm and follows the rules.