Orderly vs Messy - What's the difference?
orderly | messy | Antonyms |
Neat and tidy; possessing order.
Methodical or systematic.
Peaceful; well-behaved.
Being on duty; keeping order; conveying orders.
* Sir Walter Scott
A hospital attendant given a variety of non-medical duties.
A soldier who carries out minor tasks for a superior officer.
* Shakespeare
(obsolete) In order; in a particular order or succession; with a suitable arrangement.
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* 1624 , , Generall Historie , in Kupperman 1988, p.149:
In a disorderly state; chaotic; disorderly.
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, title= (of a person) Prone to causing mess.
(of a situation) Difficult or unpleasant to deal with.
Messy is a antonym of orderly.
As adjectives the difference between orderly and messy
is that orderly is neat and tidy; possessing order while messy is in a disorderly state; chaotic; disorderly.As a noun orderly
is a hospital attendant given a variety of non-medical duties.As an adverb orderly
is according to good order or practice; appropriately, in a well-behaved way.orderly
English
(wikipedia orderly)Alternative forms
* ordrely (obsolete)Adjective
(en adjective)- He has always kept an orderly kitchen, with nothing out of place.
- We live in an orderly universe, where rules govern both the movements of planets and the binding of molecules.
- An orderly gathering of citizens stood on the corner awaiting the bus.
- aids-de-camp and orderly men
Derived terms
* orderlinessNoun
(orderlies)Adverb
(en adverb)- You are blunt; go to it orderly .
- Thus orderly marshaled, they take their course and swim whither their journey tends, as broad and wide behind as before.
- And in the Tombe which is an arch made of mats, they lay them orderly .
messy
English
Adjective
(er)Boundary problems, passage=Economics is a messy discipline: too fluid to be a science, too rigorous to be an art. Perhaps it is fitting that economists’ most-used metric, gross domestic product (GDP), is a tangle too. GDP measures the total value of output in an economic territory.}}