ISEE/SSAT Vocabulary BuilderWordsOorderly
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orderly
Meaning: neatly and carefully arranged
orderly in a sentence
How orderly is used in real sentences:
The markers stood in orderly rows according to color.
After cleanup, the classroom looked orderly, with every chair tucked under a desk.
“The stakes stood in orderly rows, which made small shifts easy to measure.”
— from the passage The Returning Shore
Synonyms for orderly
Other words for orderly — neat, tidy and organized — carry the same meaning.
- neat
- tidy
- organized
Antonyms of orderly
Words that mean the opposite of orderly:
- messy
- chaotic
Where it comes from
From English order plus the suffix -ly
Memory hook
ORDERLY things are kept in ORDER.