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Source: gcide
Orderly \Or"der*ly\, adv.
According to due order; regularly; methodically; duly.

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You are blunt; go to it orderly. --Shak.

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Source: gcide
Orderly \Or"der*ly\, n.; pl. {Orderlies}.
1. (Mil.) A noncommissioned officer or soldier who attends a
superior officer to carry his orders, or to render other
service.

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Orderlies were appointed to watch the palace.
--Macaulay.

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2. A street sweeper. [Eng.] --Mayhew.

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Source: gcide
Orderly \Or"der*ly\, a.
1. Conformed to order; in order; regular; as, an orderly
course or plan. --Milton.

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2. Observant of order, authority, or rule; hence, obedient;
quiet; peaceable; not unruly; as, orderly children; an
orderly community.

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3. Performed in good or established order; well-regulated.
"An orderly . . . march." --Clarendon.

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4. Being on duty; keeping order; conveying orders.
"Aids-de-camp and orderly men." --Sir W. Scott.

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{Orderly book} (Mil.), a book for every company, in which the
general and regimental orders are recorded.

{Orderly officer}, the officer of the day, or that officer of
a corps or regiment whose turn it is to supervise for the
day the arrangements for food, cleanliness, etc. --Farrow.

{Orderly room}.
(a) The court of the commanding officer, where charges
against the men of the regiment are tried.
(b) The office of the commanding officer, usually in the
barracks, whence orders emanate. --Farrow.

{Orderly sergeant}, the first sergeant of a company.

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