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Source: WordNet (r) 1.7 

orderly
     adj 1: devoid of violence or disruption; "an orderly crowd
            confronted the president" [ant: disorderly]
     2: according to custom or rule or natural law [syn: lawful, rule-governed]
     3: not haphazard; "a series of orderly actions at regular
        hours" [syn: systematic]
     4: marked by or adhering to method or system; "a clean orderly
        man"; "an orderly mind"; "an orderly desk"
     5: marked by system or regularity or discipline; "a quiet
        ordered house"; "an orderly universe"; "a well regulated
        life" [syn: ordered, regulated]
     6: marked by an orderly, logical, and aesthetically consistent
        relation of parts; "a logical argument"; "the orderly
        presentation" [syn: consistent, logical, ordered]
     n 1: a soldier who serves as an attendant to a superior officer;
          "the orderly laid out the general's uniform"
     2: a male hospital attendant who has general non-medical duties
        [syn: hospital attendant]

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) 

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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