ORDERLINESS
Dictionary entry overview: What does orderliness mean?
• ORDERLINESS (noun)
The noun ORDERLINESS has 2 senses:
1. the quality of appreciating method and system
2. a condition of regular or proper arrangement
Familiarity information: ORDERLINESS used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
• ORDERLINESS (noun)
Meaning:
The quality of appreciating method and system
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Synonyms:
methodicalness; orderliness
Hypernyms ("orderliness" is a kind of...):
regularity (the quality of being characterized by a fixed principle or rate)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "orderliness"):
organisation; organization; system (an ordered manner; orderliness by virtue of being methodical and well organized)
Meaning:
A condition of regular or proper arrangement
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Synonyms:
orderliness; order
Context examples:
he put his desk in order / the machine is now in working order
Hypernyms ("orderliness" is a kind of...):
condition; status (a state at a particular time)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "orderliness"):
spit and polish (careful attention to order and appearance (as in the military))
kelter; kilter (in working order)
tidiness (the habit of being tidy)
Antonym:
disorderliness (a condition in which things are not in their expected places)
