orderlyadj.n.
/ˈɔːdəli/, U.S. /ˈɔrdərli/ A. adj.† 1. Conformable to established order or rule; proper. Obsolete.
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the world > relative properties > order > agreement, harmony, or congruity > conformity to or with a pattern, etc. > [adjective] > conforming to a standard rule
rightOE
justc1384
verya1425
orderly1542
ruled1551
normatic1598
formal1635
solemn1639
regular1643
mathematical1776
reglementary1800
rule-right1877
1542 T. Becon Newes out of Heauen Prol. sig. C.iij Men therfore hearynge this vnspekable loue of God towarde them, muste nedes loue him agayne, & out of this loue orderly, bryng forth a true & vnfayned loue toward theyr neyghbour.
1567 J. Jewel Def. Apol. Churche Eng. i. vi. 46 To expresse by orderly Definition, what thinge maketh an Heretique..is either impossible, or very harde.
1597 R. Hooker Of Lawes Eccl. Politie v. lxxvii. 232 A proude vsurpation without any orderly calling.
1614 G. Markham Cheape & Good Husbandry v. i. 90 The orderliest feeding of swine is, in the morning early.
1637 Decree Starre-Chamber conc. Printing 40 For want of orderly imployment for Iourneymen printers.
2. † c. orderly in years: (perhaps) of mature years. Obsolete.
a. Arranged in order; characterized by regular sequence or arrangement.
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the world > relative properties > order > [adjective]
ordinatea1398
ordinaryc1475
orderly1553
rangé1830
cosmic1858
ranged1899
1553 T. Wilson Arte of Rhetorique i. f. 3v The settelyng or orderyng of thynges,..called in Latine, Dispositio, the whiche is nothyng els, but an apt bestowyng, and orderly placyng of thynges.
1569 J. Sanford tr. H. C. Agrippa Of Vanitie Artes & Sci. f. 57 This orderly and lincked composition of thinges.
a1577 G. Gascoigne Maske Mountacute in Wks. (1869) I. 80 Vpon the waltring waues his Foistes and Gallies fleete, More forrest-like than orderly.
a1653 H. Binning Serm. (1845) 11 If your intention be once right established, all your course will be orderly.
1686 R. Plot Nat. Hist. Staffs. x. 423 These Symbols..have a more rational orderly texture than the Runæ upon the Danish Rimestocks.
1703 in H. Paton Rothesay Parish Rec. (1931) 171 Seing all the necessar orderlie steps preparatorie thereto were gone through.
1845 G. L. Craik Sketches Hist. Lit. & Learning Eng. III. 32 Where the chief thing demanded in a tragedy was a certain orderly pomp of expression.
1860 J. Tyndall Glaciers of Alps i. xxv. 183 We were..tied together, and thus advanced in an orderly line.
1927 Times (Weekly ed.) 10 Nov. 527/3 [A design] compact, orderly and simple.
1992 Sci. Amer. Sept. 23/1 The orderly patterns of fractals emerge because an incident in the apparently chaotic system is actually correlated with a previous occurrence.
b. Of persons, their temperament, etc.: observant of, or having regard for, order, system, or method; methodical.
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the world > action or operation > manner of action > care, carefulness, or attention > [adjective] > methodical (of persons)
orderly1581
methodical1589
regular1602
methodic1729
systematic1790
reg'lar1814
scientific1863
1581 G. Pettie tr. S. Guazzo Ciuile Conuersat. iii. f. 9v It is requisite not only to knowe whether ones wife be borne of good parents, but also whether shee have been orderly and well brought uppe [Fr. auec le regard & respect conuenable à la modestie virginalle].
1662 Duchess of Newcastle Matrimonial Trouble iv. xxv, in Playes Written 472 She is a very Chast Lady, a good Huswife, and very orderly in her House.
1852 H. B. Stowe Uncle Tom's Cabin II. xxvi. 110 I thought you were one of the orderly sort, that liked to lie in bed in a Christian way.
1858 M. Oliphant Laird of Norlaw II. 94 Desirée..was of a womanly and orderly temper.
1956 B. Catton This Hallowed Ground 87 Nature had designed him to fill the part of a paper-pushing bureaucrat, and his mind was as orderly and tidy as its range was limited.
2002 Orlando Sentinel (Nexis) 1 Aug. e1 Mary is an orderly person, with dividers in her boxes to keep things straight.
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1583 B. Rich Phylotus & Emelia (1835) 11 An auncient Citizen, whose name was Phylotus, a man very orderly in yeares, and wonderfully aboundyng in goodes.
3. Observant of order, rule, or discipline; disposed to observe good order; not unruly or tumultuous; well-conducted, well-behaved.
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society > authority > subjection > obedience > [adjective] > orderly
rulyc1443
orderly1566
the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > restrained or moderate behaviour > [adjective] > orderly, regular, or consistent
ordinatec1395
orderly1566
regular1590
consistent1734
rangé1830
ranged1899
1566 W. Painter Palace of Pleasure I. Ep. Ded. sig. *iv To whom may be giuen a Theatre of the world..more worthily, than to him that hath with comely gesture, wyse demeanor, and orderly behauiour, bene an actor in the same?
1589 G. Puttenham Arte Eng. Poesie i. 4 He brought the rude and sauage people to a more ciuill and orderly life.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Merry Wives of Windsor (1623) ii. i. 56 Hee..gaue such orderly and wel-behaued reproofe to al vncomelinesse. View more context for this quotation
1687 in J. Hunter Diocese & Presbytery of Dunkeld (1918) I. 492 His orderly and Christian conversation.
1799 J. Mackintosh Study Law Nature & Nations in Wks. (1846) I. 368 The firmest bands of a peaceable and orderly intercourse.
1848 H. H. Wilson Hist. Brit. India 1805–35 III. vii. 338 Compensation for the losses inflicted on the orderly portion of the population.
1884 Manch. Examiner 26 May 6/2 Elections are now conducted in an orderly manner.
1922 V. Woolf Jacob's Room iii. 48 In what orderly procession they advance.
1997 T. Mackintosh-Smith Yemen (1999) v. 115 Waiting for the taxi in an orderly English way I had forgotten that the world..was in a state of perpetual flux.
4. Military. Of or relating to orders or their issue; concerned or charged with the conveyance or execution of orders. Chiefly in the names of persons or objects: see for example orderly book n., orderly man n., orderly officer n., orderly sergeant n. at Compounds.
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society > armed hostility > military organization > orders > [adjective]
orderly1705
1705 [see orderly man n. at Compounds].
1708 Order Dk. Marlborough in R. Kane Camp Discipline (1757) 4 It is agreed..by all the Generals of the Army, that all Details made at orderly Time should stand.
1789 J. Howard Acct. Lazarettos Europe 125 To every ward here [i.e. at Newgate]..there is an orderly prisoner called a wardsman, who should wash, sweep and keep his ward fresh and clean.
1823 T. G. Wainewright in London Mag. Jan. 46/1 I..had never authorized a line save in Orderly and Guard Reports.
1844 Queen's Regulations & Orders Army 59 The Brigade-Major, or an orderly Adjutant, is to be constantly in the Lines of the Camp of the Brigade.
1861 J. W. Barber Our Whole Country I. 485 The officers and orderly dragoons fled precipitately.
5. Formerly: relating to or designating a system of keeping the streets clean by continual sweeping and removal of dirt; (hence) designating a receptacle for the reception of refuse under such a system, as orderly-bin, orderly box. Now rare.See also sense B. 4.
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the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > cleaning streets > [adjective] > relating to system of cleaning streets
orderly1851
the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > clearing of refuse matter > refuse disposal > [noun] > receptacle for refuse > in street
orderly-bin1894
orderly box1904
1851 H. Mayhew London Labour II. 259/2 The streets of Windsor..are now in the course of being cleansed upon the orderly plan.
1890 Harper's Mag. June 100/1 Street orderly bins for the collection of horse and other refuse are kept in all the streets paved with wood or granite.
1894 Daily News 24 Jan. 5/3 The street orderly bins are still occasionally taken for letter boxes.
1904 Daily Chron. 18 Mar. 6/3 They had..been seen tearing up documents and throwing them into orderly boxes.
B. n.† 3. One who is orderly or a supporter of order. Obsolete. rare.† 4. A road sweeper, street-orderly. Obsolete. rare.
1. An attendant in a hospital (originally a military hospital) responsible for the non-medical care of patients and the maintenance of order and cleanliness.
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the world > health and disease > healing > healer > paramedic > [noun] > military paramedics
orderly1778
hospital steward1856
stretcher-man1874
stretcher-bearer1876
stretcher-party1884
hospital corps1899
hospital corpsman1901
sanitar1916
corpsman1941
1778 G. Washington Gen. Orders 31 May in E. G. Lengel Papers George Washington Revolutionary War Series (2006) XV. 280 Commanding Officers of Regiments will assist the Regimental Surgeons in procuring as many Women of the Army as can be prevailed on to serve as Nurses... Orderlies are also to be left, one to every twenty sick men.
1809 Duke of Wellington Let. to Col. Peacocke 29 Sept. in Dispatches (1838) V. 200 The men of one regiment must not be employed as orderlies to men of other regiments in the hospital.
1854 M. R. Mitford in A. G. L'Estrange Life M. R. Mitford (1870) III. xiv. 297 The worst of surgeons and hospital dressers and orderlies.
1917 A. G. Empey Over Top xxvii. 263 The doctor said something to an orderly, the only word I could catch was ‘chloroform’.
1958 E. Birney Turvey iv. 29 The nurses consisted of two..male orderlies.
1996 F. Popcorn & L. Marigold Clicking iii. 435 Roth had a colossal writer's block and supported himself in various jobs, such as a poultry farmer and an orderly in a mental institution.
2. A private soldier or non-commissioned officer attending upon a superior officer to carry orders or messages. Hence, more generally: a soldier who carries out orders and performs minor tasks for a superior officer.
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society > armed hostility > warrior > soldier > soldier with special duty > [noun] > messenger
runner1611
orderly man1705
orderly1781
letter corporal1861
1781 Calendar Virginia State Papers (1875) I. 452 The orderly, his wife and negro woman at York..have never received one single shilling.
1801 Asiatic Ann. Reg. 1800 Chron. 44/1 The garrison..marched down to the number of 2 killedars, 1 sippadar,..2 orderleys, 1 colour bearer [etc.].
1814 Duke of Wellington Let. to Junta of Bilbao 12 Jan. in Dispatches (1838) XI. 439 In the house as the servant or orderly of the officer in question.
1877 A. B. Edwards Thousand Miles up Nile xvi. 438 An orderly comes in haste to bring him news of the battle.
1947 Jrnl. Negro Hist. 32 56 One such type of employment that probably comprised several thousand Negroes, was that of servant, or orderly, for officers.
1990 C. Allen Savage Wars of Peace (1991) 103 Jackman, together with his radio operator..and orderly, ran across to see how 10 Platoon was doing on the other side.
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the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > restrained or moderate behaviour > [noun] > orderly, regular, or consistent behaviour > one who
orderly1832
1832 H. Martineau Ireland iv. 63 If the orderlies chose to try their strength against the desperates, there should be a fair battle.
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the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > cleaning streets > [noun] > one who
mucker1229
raker1327
canel raker?1518
masser-scourer?1518
scavenger1530
sweep-street1553
channel raker1575
broom-man1592
broom-boy1593
gutter-master1607
rake-kennel1707
fulyie man1826
road sweeper1832
crossing-sweeper1841
street orderly1848
orderly1851
scavager1851
scaffy1853
broomer1857
sweep1858
roader1883
1851 H. Mayhew London Labour II. 260/1 The orderlies..keep the streets free from mud in winter, and dust in summer.
Compounds
(chiefly in sense A. 4). orderly book n. now historical a book kept in a regiment, or each company of a regiment, for the entry of general or regimental orders; an order book.
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1755 R. Morris Let. 3 Nov. in S. M. Hamilton Lett. to Washington (1898) I. 120 Orderly Books, being lost I could not gett an authentick copy that was proper.
1815 J. W. Croker in Croker Papers 27 July (1884) I [She] made me a present of the orderly book of one of the French regiments.
1918 Amer. Hist. Rev. 23 468 Orderly-book of Joseph Bull, Half-moon to Oswego, 1760.
2000 Philadelphia Inquirer (Nexis) 9 July mc3 An orderly book kept by one of Gen. George Washington's aides during the Valley Forge period, 1777–8.
orderly buff n. Military slang an orderly sergeant or corporal (see quot. 1948).
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society > armed hostility > warrior > soldier > leader or commander > officer according to function > [noun] > orderly officer or officer of the day
orderly sergeant1727
orderly officer1772
orderly corporal1917
orderly dog1918
orderly buff1925
orderly pig1934
1925 E. Fraser & J. Gibbons Soldier & Sailor Words 216 Orderly buff, orderly sergeant.
1943 C. H. Ward-Jackson It's a Piece of Cake 45 Orderly buff, orderly corporal.
1948 E. Partridge et al. Dict. Forces' Slang 132 Orderly buff, dog, pig. Strictly speaking, dog seems to have been officer or corporal, buff sergeant, and pig corporal. The non-regular Army, however,..used all three phrases indiscriminately.
orderly corporal n. (a) a corporal who attends upon an officer to carry orders or messages; (b) a corporal whose turn it is to attend to the domestic affairs of his corps or regiment.
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society > armed hostility > warrior > soldier > leader or commander > officer according to function > [noun] > officer conveying orders
orderly sergeant1727
orderly corporal1802
galloper1871
society > armed hostility > warrior > soldier > leader or commander > officer according to function > [noun] > orderly officer or officer of the day
orderly sergeant1727
orderly officer1772
orderly corporal1917
orderly dog1918
orderly buff1925
orderly pig1934
1802 C. James New Mil. Dict. Orderly serjeants when they go for orders are sashed. Orderly corporals and orderly men wear their side arms.
1890 19th Cent. Nov. 838 The orderly corporal slices off a frying piece and has it cooked for his breakfast.
1917 A. G. Empey Over Top 302 Orderly-corporal, a non-commissioned officer who takes the names of the sick every morning.
1999 A. Mallinson Close Run Thing ii. 76 This rosette here on the crossed face-pieces must be set dead between the eyes, and just below the bridge, or the orderly corporal will round on a man once daylight reveals otherwise!
orderly dog n. Military slang = orderly buff n.
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society > armed hostility > warrior > soldier > leader or commander > officer according to function > [noun] > orderly officer or officer of the day
orderly sergeant1727
orderly officer1772
orderly corporal1917
orderly dog1918
orderly buff1925
orderly pig1934
1918 E. S. Farrow Dict. Mil. Terms 420 Orderly dog, orderly corporal.
1934 V. M. Yeates Winged Victory 224 Grey..was censoring the men's letters, being orderly dog for the day.
1934 V. M. Yeates Winged Victory 224 Orderly dog, orderly sergeant.
orderly man n. (a) = senses B. 2, A. 3; (b) a lookout at an illegal gaming house frequented by army officers.
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society > armed hostility > warrior > soldier > soldier with special duty > [noun] > messenger
runner1611
orderly man1705
orderly1781
letter corporal1861
1705 J. Dennis Gibraltar III. iii. 41 A pox Colonel Wilmot, I hope you don't take me for your orderly Man.
1731 Gentleman's Mag. 25 25 Officers established in the most notorious Gaming-houses... An Orderly Man who walks up and down the outside of the Door to give notice to the Porter, and alarm the House, at the approach of the Constables.
a1798 Army Med. Board in W. Blair Soldier's Friend 85 Every regimental hospital will be provided with a steady serjeant; with one orderly man, or more,..and one woman nurse.
1844 Queen's Regulations & Orders Army 273 Officers Commanding the Out-Guards are to send guides or Orderly-men to the Major of Brigade of the Day..in order to conduct the new Guards, and to carry such orders as may be necessary.
1937 D. Jones In Parenthesis i. 3 The rolled mattresses, the neatly piled bed-boards and the empty tea-buckets of the orderly-men.
orderly officer n. (a) = sense B. 2; (b) the officer whose turn it is to superintend the domestic economy of his corps or regiment; the officer of the day.
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society > armed hostility > warrior > soldier > leader or commander > officer according to function > [noun] > orderly officer or officer of the day
orderly sergeant1727
orderly officer1772
orderly corporal1917
orderly dog1918
orderly buff1925
orderly pig1934
1772 Ann. Reg. 1771 235 I receive by my orderly officer, two letters of yours upon the same subject.
1891 Harper's Mag. Jan. 285/1 The young Marseillais..discharged their duties as orderly officers with the greatest coolness and courage.
1918 E. S. Farrow Dict. Mil. Terms 420 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.
1990 A. Beevor Inside Brit. Army viii. 94 The job of orderly officer is as unpopular amongst officers as guard duty is amongst soldiers.
orderly pig n. Military slang = orderly officer n.
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society > armed hostility > warrior > soldier > leader or commander > officer according to function > [noun] > orderly officer or officer of the day
orderly sergeant1727
orderly officer1772
orderly corporal1917
orderly dog1918
orderly buff1925
orderly pig1934
1934 V. M. Yeates Winged Victory 224 Orderly pig, orderly officer.
orderly room n. a room in barracks in which the business of a company is carried on.
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society > armed hostility > military organization > logistics > quartering > [noun] > quarters > barracks > rooms in
orderly room1745
barrack-room1777
1745 in Syst. Camp-discipline (1757) 26 No Person to be allowed to stay in the orderly Room, except General Officers, Aids de Camp, and Majors of Brigade, during the time Orders are given out.
1806 H. Burrard Let. 26 Mar. in Circumstantial Rep. Charges against Duke of York (1809) 269 Your messenger knows where to find me, as I am at this Orderly Room for two or three hours most days.
a1944 K. Douglas Alamein to Zem Zem (1946) 20 The same fifteen-hundredweight truck which had been the Orderly Room in the Training Area.
1990 A. Beevor Inside Brit. Army ix. 98 The adjutant..deals with manning, promotion, discipline, postings, and leave, and oversees the orderly room.
orderly room clerk n. a sergeant who runs the orderly room.
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1825 W. Wheeler Let. 19 Jan. in B. H. Liddell Hart Lett. Private Wheeler (1951) 248 The two orderly room clerks..had knocked up a dinner.
1844 Queen's Regulations & Orders Army 147 A Private Soldier is to be employed as Regimental Orderly-Room Clerk.
1993 Dict. National Biogr. at Maclaren-Ross, James A posting as an orderly room clerk on the east coast gave him leisure to write short stories of army life.
orderly sergeant n. (a) the first sergeant of a company, whose duties formerly included the conveyance of orders; (b) a sergeant whose turn it is to act as officer of the day.
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society > armed hostility > warrior > soldier > leader or commander > officer according to function > [noun] > officer conveying orders
orderly sergeant1727
orderly corporal1802
galloper1871
society > armed hostility > warrior > soldier > leader or commander > officer according to function > [noun] > orderly officer or officer of the day
orderly sergeant1727
orderly officer1772
orderly corporal1917
orderly dog1918
orderly buff1925
orderly pig1934
1727 H. Bland Treat. Mil. Discipline xix. 286 Upon their receiving such Orders, they are to send them in Writing to the National Majors of Brigade of the Day by their Orderly Serjeants.
1802 C. James New Mil. Dict. Orderly serjeants when they go for orders are sashed. Orderly corporals and orderly men wear their side arms.
1867 J. M. Crawford Mosby & his Men 121 Horace Johnson of Warrenton..was appointed orderly sergeant.
1953 K. Tennant Joyful Condemned xviii. 163 David..was signed into the care of an orderly sergeant.
1984 J. D. Harvey Laughter-silvered Wings 264 He had pinched the orderly Seargeant's motor transport,..had crashed the barrier at the guard house and headed for the bright lights.
Derivatives
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the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > cleaning streets > [noun] > system of
orderlyism1851
street-orderlyism1851
1851 H. Mayhew London Labour II. 256/1 Orderlyism, or the employment of the poor in the promotion of public cleanliness.
ˈorderlyship n. rare the office of an orderly.
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the world > health and disease > healing > healer > non-medical worker > [noun] > hospital attendant > office of
orderlyship1900
1900 Daily News 7 Sept. 3/2 The young soldier..is then placed in charge of a ward, where..he may in a year or so attain to the culmination of orderlyship.
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orderlyadv.
/ˈɔːdəli/, U.S. /ˈɔrdərli/ 1. According to established order or rule; properly; in conformity with good order or discipline; in a well-conducted or well-behaved manner. Now rare.
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the world > relative properties > order > agreement, harmony, or congruity > conformity to or with a pattern, etc. > [adverb] > according to rule or standard
formlyc1374
rulefully?c1400
rulilyc1443
rulely?a1450
orderly1465
regularly1502
naturally1526
ordinately1549
usually1573
orthodoxly1641
regular1704
standardly1913
1465 in W. Fraser Chiefs of Colquhoun (1869) I. 292 The said Robert Lorde Fleming salcum thare and..ordourly and frendefulli suffir ane assise to pas vpon thir landis.
1509 J. Fisher Mornynge Remembraunce Countesse of Rychemonde (de Worde) sig. Bvi Yf ye sacramentes of ye chirche orderly taken..be auaylable.
1583 P. Stubbes Second Pt. Anat. Abuses sig. N7v The church hath no absolute power..to elect their pastor, to choose him, to cal him orderly.
1611 Bible (King James) Acts xxi. 24 That..all may know..that thou thyself also walkest orderly and keepest the law. View more context for this quotation
1673 in M. Wodd Extracts Rec. Burgh Edinb. (1950) X. 151 That we have proceded orderly in giving in our leat by putting in sex qualified persones.
a1715 Bp. G. Burnet Hist. Own Time (1724) I. 281 As long as they lived orderly.
1727 P. Longueville Hermit 21 I..let him go with me, which he did very orderly.
1817 R. Southey Wat Tyler iii. i Comporting ourselves orderly, As peaceful citizens.
1915 W. S. Maugham Of Human Bondage cv. 549 On pay-day each batch of assistants..went into the passage and joined the long line of people waiting orderly like the audience in a queue outside a gallery door.
a. In order; in the correct order or regular succession; with appropriate arrangement, disposition, or distribution; methodically. Obsolete.
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the world > relative properties > order > [adverb]
ordenely1340
orderlyc1485
just1565
rank and filea1658
the world > relative properties > order > order, sequence, or succession > [adverb]
bedenea1300
stightly1340
ordinatelyc1384
right?a1400
seriouslyc1405
beplotmelec1440
seriatly?a1475
seriatim1495
ensuingly?1518
consequently1558
evenly1579
successantly1594
orderly1599
connectedly1823
sequently1905
c1485 ( G. Hay Bk. Gouernaunce of Princis (1993) xxxiii. 110 And sa pas orderly fra chaumer to chaumer.
a1500 (c1477) T. Norton Ordinal of Alchemy (BL Add.) (1975) 132 Theffectis be here set owte ordirlye.
1535 Bible (Coverdale) Luke i. 3 I thought it good..to wryte the same orderly vnto the (good Theophilus).
1599 T. Nashe Lenten Stuffe 37 He enquired of euery one orderly what he had eate.
1654 R. Vilvain tr. Enchiridium Epigr. ii. 61 Of Antoni's blood..issued three, Caius, Claudius, and Nero orderly.
1728 J. Morgan Compl. Hist. Algiers I. iv. 282 The 18 Galeots and 2 Brigantines advanced, very orderly.
1847 H. W. Longfellow Evangeline i. iii. 69 Orderly all things proceeded, and duly and well were completed.
b. Duly; fittingly; in due course. Obsolete.
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the world > relative properties > order > order, sequence, or succession > [adverb] > in conformity with due or natural order
orderly1548
1548 E. Gest Treat. againste Masse sig. Eiiv Be it the sayd sacrifice were a thankesgeving. Yet it shall not orderlye hereupon ensue that it were an acceptable..thankesgeving.
1571 Will of John Widdrington in J. Raine Wills & Inventories N. Counties Eng. (1835) I. 322 Chairginge them as they will ansswere before the faice of Almightty God to se the reste of my childringe vertusly brought vpp my legasis paid & my boddye to be orderly brought to the earthe.
1628 J. Earle Micro-cosmogr. x. sig. C6v Hee..laughes orderly himselfe, when it comes to his turne.
1657 A. Sparrow Rationale Bk. Common Prayer (1661) 16 We begin our Service with Confession..And that very orderly.
a1676 M. Hale Primitive Originat. Mankind (1677) iv. viii. 359 As in a curious piece of Landskip there are orderly interspersed Clouds.
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society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > architecture > column > [adverb] > in accordance with classical orders
orderly1563
1563 J. Shute First Groundes Archit. sig. Eivv The chaunge of the five pillers orderly to be vsed, eche of them in his kynde, whiche order of buildings be named of Vitruuius as followeth picnostylos, sistylos, diastylos, ariostylos, eustylos.
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