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Orderly


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.