n. Function: adjective
1 following a set arrangement, design, or pattern FF1C; work out an orderly procedure and stick to it FF1E; FF1C; an orderly row of houses surrounded the village green FF1E;
Synonyms: methodic, methodical, regular, systematic
Related Words: accurate, correct, exact, precise; alike, uniform; businesslike; conventional, formal
Idioms: in apple-pie order
Contrasted Words: haphazard, irregular, unmethodical, unsystematic; careless, casual, free and easy
Antonyms: chaotic, disorderly
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Synonyms: NEAT 2, chipper, shipshape, snug, spick-and-span, tidy, trig, trim, uncluttered, well-groomed
Related Words: picked up
Antonyms: disordered; disorderly