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orderly

/ˈɔːdəli/AWR-dur-lee
/ˈɔɹdɚli/AWR-dur-lee

Meaningin the manner of order

Common meaning: neat and well arranged

Other meanings: calm and controlled

Journey through time

  1. Latinordinemsource
  2. Old Frenchordenesource
  3. Middle Englishordresource
  4. Englishorder‘an arrangement’
  5. Englishformed in English from orderorderly‘neat and well arranged’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
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  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Formed in English from order + -ly.

Dictionary: Skeat (1898), ORDER, p.405 · scan

Source words

  • ordinem Latin · source word “a row, a rank”

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