• noun:   a male hospital attendant who has general non-medical duties
• noun:   a soldier who serves as an attendant to a superior officer

  Example: "The orderly laid out the general's uniform"

• adjective:   devoid of violence or disruption

  Example: "An orderly crowd confronted the president"

• adjective:   not haphazard

  Example: "A series of orderly actions at regular hours"

• adjective:   marked by or adhering to method or system

  Example: "A clean orderly man"

• adjective:   marked by system or regularity or discipline

  Example: "An orderly universe"

• adjective:   according to custom or rule or natural law
• adjective:   marked by an orderly, logical, and aesthetically consistent relation of parts

  Example: "The orderly presentation"

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