orderly

orderly

adjective

Definition of ORDERLY

1

being clean and in good order <a small, unpretentious inn offering pleasant, orderly rooms>

Synonyms antiseptic, bandbox, crisp, groomed, kempt, orderly, picked up, prim, shipshape, smug, snug, tidied, tidy, trig, trim, uncluttered, well-groomed

Related Words dapper, natty, saucy, smart, spiffy, spruce; immaculate, spick-and-span (or spic-and-span), spotless; rakish, sleek, streamlined, taut; organized, straight, systematic

Near Antonyms scruffy, seedy, shabby, slipshod, sloppy; dirty, filthy, foul, nasty, sordid, squalid; dowdy, frowsy (or frowzy), rumpled, tousled, tumbled; disorganized, unsystematic

Antonyms disheveled (or dishevelled), disordered, disorderly, messy, mussed, mussy, sloven, slovenly, unkempt, untidy

2

following a set method, arrangement, or pattern <the consultant developed an orderly procedure that allows us to process our Internet sales much more quickly and efficiently>

Synonyms neat, orderly, organized, regular, systematic, systematized

Related Words ordered, regularized, standardized, structured; accurate, clocklike, correct, exact, precise; detailed, specific

Near Antonyms chaotic, disordered, disorderly, shambolic [chiefly British], unordered

Antonyms disorganized, haphazard, hit-or-miss, immethodical, irregular, nonsystematic, patternless, planless, systemless, unsystematic