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order again.
--v. 14 direct, command, instruct, charge, tell, bid, require,
enjoin; demand, ordain; force, make: The sergeant ordered the
men to run around the drill field with full packs. The council
ordered that garden rubbish should be packed in special bags. 15
requisition, ask for, send (away) for, call for, apply for,
reserve, engage, commission, contract for; purchase, buy: Have
you ordered breakfast for tomorrow? Let's order a take-away from
the Chinese restaurant. 16 organize, systematize, arrange,
classify, categorize, codify, lay out, sort (out), straighten
(out or up): The bottles were ordered in neat rows along the
wall.
orderly adj. 1 in (good) order, (well-)organized, neat, shipshape,
tidy, arranged, methodical, systematic, systematized or
systemized, harmonious, symmetrical, regular, uniform: Before
you leave, make sure that your room is orderly. 2 well-behaved,
disciplined, decorous, law-abiding, well-mannered, peaceable,
tranquil, mannerly, polite, courteous, civil, civilized,
non-violent: Everyone left the burning theatre in an orderly
fashion.
--n. 3 assistant, adjutant, attendant, messenger; menial,
servant; nurse's aide; Brit military batman; US candystriper;
Slang US and Canadian gofer: An orderly arrived with dispatches
from the general. She has a job as a hospital orderly.
ordinarily
adv. usually, normally, as a rule, commonly, generally, in
general, customarily, routinely, typically, habitually, by and
large, for the most part: Ellie is ordinarily at her desk by
nine o'clock.
ordinary adj. 1 usual, normal, expected, common, general, customary,
routine, typical, habitual, accustomed, traditional, regular,
everyday, familiar, set, humdrum: This wine is quite good for
ordinary drinking. Just display ordinary good manners when you
meet the queen. 2 common, conventional, modest, plain, simple,
prosaic, homespun, commonplace, run-of-the-mill, everyday,
average, unpretentious, workaday, mediocre, fair, passable, so
so, undistinguished, unexceptional, unremarkable, uninspired,
pedestrian, bourgeois, peasant, provincial, unrefined, Colloq