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1
not restrained by or under the control of legal authority
- disorderly mobs roamed the streets after the fall of the city
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- anarchic
- (also anarchical),
- lawbreaking,
- lawless,
- unruly
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2
lacking in order, neatness, and often cleanliness
- disorderly piles of clothes on various tables about the room
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- antiseptic,
- clean,
- cleaned,
- cleanly,
- hygienic,
- immaculate,
- sparkling,
- spick-and-span
- (or spic-and-span),
- spotless,
- stainless,
- unsoiled,
- unsullied
- methodical
- (also methodic),
- regular,
- systematic,
- systematized
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The first known use of disorderly was in 1555
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