Antonyms for orderly
ˈɔr dər lior·der·ly

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1. orderly

   That which is clean is simply free from soil or defilement of any kind. Things are orderly when in due relation to other things; a room or desk is orderly when every article is in place; a person is orderly who habitually keeps things so. Tidy denotes that which conforms to propriety in general; an unlaced shoe may be perfectly clean, but is not tidy. Neat refers to that which is clean and tidy with nothing superfluous, conspicuous, or showy, as when we speak of plain but neat attire; the same idea of freedom from the superfluous appears in the phrases "a neat speech," "a neat turn," "a neat reply," etc. A clean cut has no ragged edges; a neat stroke just does what is intended. Nice is stronger than neat, implying value and beauty; a cheap, coarse dress may be perfectly neat, but would not be termed nice. Spruce is applied to the show and affectation of neatness with a touch of smartness, and is always a term of mild contempt; as, a spruce serving man. Trim denotes a certain shapely and elegant firmness, often with suppleness and grace; as, a trim suit; a trim figure. Prim applies to a precise, formal, affected nicety. Dapper is spruce with the suggestion of smallness and slightness; natty, a diminutive of neat, suggests minute elegance, with a tendency toward the exquisite; as, a dapper little fellow in a natty business suit.

   Antonyms:
   dirty, disorderly, dowdy, negligent, rough, rude, slouchy, slovenly, soiled, uncared for, unkempt, untidy

   Synonyms:
   clean, cleanly, dapper, natty, neat, nice, prim, spruce, tidy, trim

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1. orderly

   Antonyms:
   irregular, disorderly, riotous

   Synonyms:
   regular, equable, peaceable, methodical, quiet

Matched Categories

1. • Attendant
   • Soldier

Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:1.0 / 1 vote

1. orderlynoun

   a soldier who serves as an attendant to a superior officer

   "the orderly laid out the general's uniform"

   Antonyms:
   untidy, boisterous, unruly, moblike, mobbish, bare-knuckled, rumbustious, rough-and-tumble, rowdy, bare-knuckle, robustious, rambunctious, raucous, disorderly

   Synonyms:
   hospital attendant

2. orderly, hospital attendantadjective

   a male hospital attendant who has general duties that do not involve the medical treatment of patients

   Antonyms:
   raucous, untidy, bare-knuckled, mobbish, unruly, bare-knuckle, rambunctious, disorderly, rough-and-tumble, rumbustious, robustious, moblike, boisterous, rowdy

   Synonyms:
   hospital attendant

3. orderlyadjective

   devoid of violence or disruption

   "an orderly crowd confronted the president"

   Antonyms:
   robustious, mobbish, rough-and-tumble, rumbustious, rowdy, rambunctious, unruly, raucous, bare-knuckle, untidy, disorderly, moblike, boisterous, bare-knuckled

   Synonyms:
   neat

4. neat, orderlyadjective

   clean or organized

   "her neat dress"; "a neat room"

   Antonyms:
   untidy, disorderly, rumbustious, rowdy, bare-knuckled, moblike, mobbish, rough-and-tumble, rambunctious, robustious, bare-knuckle, raucous, unruly, boisterous

   Synonyms:
   slap-up, full-strength, straight, cracking, neat, clean, nifty, swell, keen, tasteful, bang-up, smashing, not bad(p), corking, groovy, refined, great, bully, dandy, peachy

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1. orderlyadjective

   Synonyms:
   systematic, methodical, well-regulated, regular, peaceable

How to use orderly in a sentence?

1. Rick Meckler:

   Investors like stability, orderly rises and declines, and things like oil dropping by the types of moves it's been dropping and the volatility it creates is just a negative for some market participants.

2. Gustave Flaubert:

   Be regular and orderly in your life, that you may be violent and original in your work.

3. Bill Veeck:

   Baseball is almost the only orderly thing in a very unorderly world. If you get three strikes, even the best lawyer in the world can't get you off.

4. Margaritis Schinas:

   The EU 27 will not reopen the withdrawal agreement; we cannot accept a time limit to the backstop or a unilateral exit clause, we are listening and working with the UK government ... for an orderly withdrawal of the UK from the EU on March 29.

5. Ashley Tabaddor:

   It's a huge, huge disruption for the orderly processing of cases.

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