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

That uniformity stripped away many of the confounding lifestyle differences that complicate other epidemiological studies.

— Samantha Agate, Sacbee.com, 18 July 2026
As restaurants come and go, Midtown Sundries has leaned on uniformity more than reinvention.

— Evan Moore July 17, Charlotte Observer, 17 July 2026

Definition of uniformity

Noun

Dasgupta added that regularity, going to bed and waking up at the same time every day, is a piece of the puzzle that often gets overlooked.

— Samantha Agate, Kansas City Star, 14 July 2026
The work and regularity of the 12-Step program, for many of us in recovery, offers an important framework.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 13 July 2026

Definition of regularity

Noun

Processes that once depended on layers of coordination begin collapsing into faster, more autonomous systems.

— Nigel Vaz, Time, 20 July 2026
But that required coordination with the city and UC San Diego, which owns some of the west side of the property, to determine the area that could be renovated.

— Ashley Mackin Solomon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 July 2026

Definition of coordination

Noun

The emergency cooling loops and residual heat removal systems rely strictly on gravimetric and thermal laws, dropping the core to a stable thermal equilibrium even during a total station blackout.

— Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 19 July 2026
But an equilibrium computer must reach equilibrium to complete its calculation, while a nonequilibrium computer can be designed to complete its calculation on a set timescale.

— Quanta Magazine, Quanta Magazine, 15 July 2026

Definition of equilibrium

Noun

Beyond establishing a correlation between aid and degree completion, our analyses suggest that even modest financial aid has a significant lifting effect.

— Jay A. Perman, Baltimore Sun, 18 July 2026
Sarkar proved that every quantum operation is associated with a unique set of observable correlations.

— Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 18 July 2026

Definition of correlation

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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