D defs.my
Entry 7 senses · 3 variants Webster, 1913

Orderly

/ôr'-dẽrl-ē/ approx. · Or·der·ly · IPA /ˈɔɹdɚli/
01 a. Conformed to order; in order; regular; as, an orderly course or plan.
  1. 1.
    Conformed to order; in order; regular; as, an orderly course or plan.
  2. 2.
    Observant of order, authority, or rule; hence, obedient; quiet; peaceable; not unruly; as, orderly children; an orderly community.
  3. 3.
    Performed in good or established order; well-regulated.
  4. 4.
    Being on duty; keeping order; conveying orders.
Phrases & compounds
Orderly book — a book for every company, in which the general and regimental orders are recorded.
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.
Orderly room — The court of the commanding officer, where charges against the men of the regiment are tried.
Orderly sergeant — the first sergeant of a company.
02 adv. According to due order; regularly; methodically; duly.
  1. 1.
    According to due order; regularly; methodically; duly.
    “You are blunt; go to it orderly.” Shak.
03 n. A noncommissioned officer or soldier who attends a superior officer to carry his orders, or to render other service.
pl. Orderlies
  1. 1.
    A noncommissioned officer or soldier who attends a superior officer to carry his orders, or to render other service.(Mil.)
    Orderlies were appointed to watch the palace.” Macaulay.
  2. 2.
    A street sweeper.[Eng.]