ORDERLINESS Synonyms: 37 Similar and Opposite Words

orderliness

noun

Definition of orderliness

as in uniformity

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Recent Examples of orderliness Compared with the turbines and steam towers and the idyllic orderliness of the canteen, the site was underwhelming. — Rivka Galchen, New Yorker, 17 Nov. 2025 Spencer Fomby, a former police lieutenant with crowd safety expertise, emphasized the danger in transitioning from a seated event to a standing room on an open field, especially without a system, infrastructure or staff in place to ensure safety and orderliness. — Jennah Pendleton, Sacbee.com, 21 Oct. 2025 Compassion for the homeless has to be balanced with the safety and orderliness the rest of us deserve. — Betsy McCaughey, Boston Herald, 3 Aug. 2025 So, as the masses realign the qubits and the qubits in turn buffet the masses, the net effect will be to squash the masses closer together to contain the orderliness to a smaller region. — George Musser, Quanta Magazine, 13 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for orderliness

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Noun

The company calibrates screen uniformity at the factory and uses software compensation to maintain performance as the display ages.

— Michael Lydick, PC Magazine, 21 Aug. 2026
Rather than every curl being coaxed into perfect uniformity, her natural texture is allowed to take up space—frizz, movement, and all.

— Chloe Burcham, Vogue, 18 Aug. 2026

Definition of uniformity

Noun

Helicopter crashes have happened with increasing regularity in Kenya, which has a vibrant tourism industry that depends on domestic carriers to ferry visitors to distant places like Mount Ololokwe.

— CBS News, CBS News, 19 Aug. 2026
Even simple equipment failed with slapstick regularity, six workers said.

— Jesse Coburn, ProPublica, 12 Aug. 2026

Definition of regularity

Noun

If the market reaches equilibrium, those will need to be filled to prevent the next crisis.

— David Goldman, CNN Money, 22 Aug. 2026
The researchers found that energy flow follows a mathematical pattern before setting into a thermal equilibrium and stronger the coupling between dust particles, slower is the process.

— Ameya Paleja, Interesting Engineering, 18 Aug. 2026

Definition of equilibrium

Noun

But Kostyuk, who has done tremendous work of her own this season to add solidity and evenness to a tennis arsenal with impossible peaks, but also deep troughs, had reasons to do much more than feel the agony of missing out.

— James Hansen, New York Times, 9 July 2026
Cooking performance comparison Both Lodge and Amazon Basics Dutch ovens scored a perfect 10 out of 10 for cooking performance, including heat retention and evenness of cooking.

— BestReviews, Mercury News, 20 May 2026

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