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orderly

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of orderly

1 being clean and in good order

a small, unpretentious inn offering pleasant, orderly rooms

Synonyms of orderly

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

Words Related to orderly

dapper, natty, saucy, smart, spiffy, spruce

immaculate, spick-and-span (or spic-and-span), spotless

rakish, sleek, streamlined, taut

organized, straight, systematic

Near Antonyms of orderly

scruffy, seedy, shabby, slipshod, sloppy

dirty, filthy, foul, nasty, sordid, squalid

dowdy, frowsy (or frowzy), rumpled, tousled, tumbled

disorganized, unsystematic

Antonyms of orderly

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 of orderly

methodical (also methodic), neat, organized, regular, systematic, systematized

Words Related to orderly

ordered, regularized, standardized, structured

accurate, clocklike, correct, exact, precise

detailed, specific

Near Antonyms of orderly

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

Antonyms of orderly

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

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