Usually means: Organized and systematic in arrangement.
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We found 34 dictionaries that define the word orderly:

General (25 matching dictionaries)
  1. orderly: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. orderly: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. orderly: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. orderly: Collins English Dictionary
  5. orderly: Vocabulary.com
  6. Orderly, orderly: Wordnik
  7. orderly: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. orderly: Wiktionary
  9. orderly: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. orderly: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. orderly: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. orderly: Dictionary.com
  13. orderly (adv.): Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. orderly: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  15. Orderly (military), Orderly, The Orderly: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. Orderly: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  17. orderly: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  18. orderly: Rhymezone
  19. Orderly: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  20. orderly: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  21. orderly: Free Dictionary
  22. orderly: Mnemonic Dictionary
  23. orderly: Dictionary/thesaurus

Business (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Comprehensive Financial (No longer online)
  2. orderly: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. orderly: Encyclopedia

Medicine (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  2. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  3. orderly: Medical dictionary

Miscellaneous (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Encyclopedia of Graphic Symbols (No longer online)
  2. ORDERLY, ORDERLY, ORDERLY: Terminology and Descriptions of Geneaological Words

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Orderly: Urban Dictionary

(Note: See orderlies as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
adjective:  Neat and tidy; possessing order.
adjective:  Methodical or systematic.
adjective:  Peaceful; well-behaved.
adjective:  Being on duty; keeping order; conveying orders.
noun:  A hospital attendant given a variety of non-medical duties.
noun:  (military) A soldier who carries out minor tasks for a superior officer.
adverb:  (now rare) According to good order or practice; appropriately, in a well-behaved or orderly (adjective) way.
adverb:  (obsolete) In order; in a particular order or succession; with a suitable arrangement.

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