Collocations for "orderly"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "orderly" in context.
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orderly
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.adj
- orderly [piles, stacks, rows]
- likes to keep an orderly [desk, closet, room]
- [left, entered, lined up] in an orderly fashion
- [left] in an orderly [way, manner]
- [take, maintain, stick to, keep] an orderly approach
- [has, takes] an orderly approach [to, toward]
- an orderly [process, operation, transition, mind]
- [show, expect, demand, teach] orderly conduct
- make orderly [payments, transfers, visits]
- an orderly [housekeeper, parent, teacher, child, person]
- an orderly [crowd, audience, society, protest]
- works as an orderly (at the hospital)
- is employed as an orderly
- ask the orderly to [get, grab, bring]
- the orderly [got]
- the [floor's, wing's] orderly
- need to hire more orderlies
- there are not enough orderlies
- is a [barrack, military] orderly
- an orderly at the [barracks]
- thanks to the orderly
'orderly' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):