OR'DERLY, adjective 1. Methodical; regular 2. Observant of order or method. 3. Well regulated; performed in good order; not tumultuous; as an orderly march. 4. According to established method. 5. Not unruly; not inclined to break from inclosures; peaceable. We say, cattle are orderly Orderly book, in military affairs, a book for every company, in which the sergeants write general and regimental orders. Orderly sergeant, a military officer who attends on a superior officer. OR'DERLY, adverb Methodically; according to due order; regularly; according to rule.
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