Definition of orderliness
:the quality or state of being orderly
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This is a character who navigates his path with an obsessive orderliness, moving according to the rules of some chessboard game of his own invention.
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The most intimidating part of Golden State’s off-season has been its orderliness.
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Within its 60 acres, there’s a tranquillity and refined orderliness, with special rules governing its use (for example, where cards can be played, where dogs can be walked, and where joggers can run).
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Wandering around the Belfast set, the scope and the orderliness of the enterprise is staggering.
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Rascher said her mother also is a perfectionist with a penchant for orderliness, but above all a modest woman.
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Other than its size and relative orderliness, one thing sets this place apart.
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The story of the Summer of Love, like so many things that summer, defies orderliness.
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Ms. Hall’s aesthetic of extreme orderliness is largely a reaction to the magpie mind-set of her parents, whose Victorian house in San Francisco is piled high and haphazardly with miscellany dating back five decades.
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First Known Use of orderliness
1571
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