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Entry 5 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Disorderly

/dĭs-ôr'-dẽrl-ē/ · Dis·or·der·ly · IPA /dɪsˈɔː.də.li/
01 a. Not in order; marked by disorder; disarranged; immethodical; as, the books and papers are in a disorderly state.
  1. 1.
    Not in order; marked by disorder; disarranged; immethodical; as, the books and papers are in a disorderly state.
  2. 2.
    Not acting in an orderly way, as the functions of the body or mind.
  3. 3.
    Not complying with the restraints of order and law; tumultuous; unruly; lawless; turbulent; as, disorderly people; disorderly assemblies.
  4. 4.
    Offensive to good morals and public decency; notoriously offensive; as, a disorderly house.(Law)
Syn. Irregular; immethodical; confused; tumultuous; inordinate; intemperate; unruly; lawless; vicious.
02 adv. In a disorderly manner; without law or order; irregularly; confusedly.
  1. 1.
    In a disorderly manner; without law or order; irregularly; confusedly.
    “Withdraw yourselves from every brother that walketh disorderly.” — 2 Thess. iii. 6.
    “Savages fighting disorderly with stones.” — Sir W. Raleigh.