Antonyms for orderliness


Grammar : Noun
Spell : awr-der-lee
Phonetic Transcription : ˈɔr dər li


Definition of orderliness

Origin :
  • "military attendant who carries orders," 1781, short for orderly corporal, etc. Extended 1809 to an attendant at a hospital (originally a military hospital) charged with keeping things in order and clean. See orderly (adj.).
  • noun method
Example sentences :
  • The world is pretty unanimous now in its belief in the orderliness of Nature.
  • Extract from : « Pax Vobiscum » by Henry Drummond
  • She was a model of orderliness, who kept her daughter's accounts with severe precision.
  • Extract from : « A Zola Dictionary » by J. G. Patterson
  • An example must be made if we would have respect and orderliness from these men.
  • Extract from : « Love-at-Arms » by Raphael Sabatini
  • If a man is thrifty it will find expression in the orderliness of his place.
  • Extract from : « Rural Life and the Rural School » by Joseph Kennedy
  • There was a pleasing grace in the orderliness of their lives.
  • Extract from : « The Moon and Sixpence » by W. Somerset Maugham
  • The study of Variation had from the first shown that an orderliness of this kind was present.
  • Extract from : « Evolution in Modern Thought » by Ernst Haeckel
  • He despised him also for the orderliness with which he did his official work.
  • Extract from : « The Trembling of a Leaf » by William Somerset Maugham
  • Her orderliness made him impatient, and his disorderliness drove her wild.
  • Extract from : « Dear Enemy » by Jean Webster
  • He was by nature unmethodical and disorderly, and she supplied him with method and orderliness.
  • Extract from : « Character » by Samuel Smiles
  • There is nothing of the checkerboard about it; the orderliness of a chess game is lacking.
  • Extract from : « The Glory of The Coming » by Irvin S. Cobb

Synonyms for orderliness

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