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disorderly

[ dis-awr-der-lee ]

adjective

  1. characterized by disorder; irregular; untidy; confused:

    a disorderly desk.

  2. a disorderly mob.

  3. Law. contrary to public order or morality.


adverb

  1. in a disorderly manner.

disorderly

/ dɪsˈɔːdəlɪ /

adjective

  1. untidy; irregular
  2. uncontrolled; unruly
  3. law violating public peace or order
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


adverb

  1. in an irregular or confused manner
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • disˈorderliness, noun
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Other Words From

  • dis·order·li·ness noun
  • undis·order·ly adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of disorderly1

First recorded in 1555–65; dis- 1 + orderly
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Example Sentences

Biggs — facing counts of obstructing an official proceeding of Congress, illegal entry and disorderly conduct on restricted Capitol grounds — is the latest Proud Boys member to be charged in the storming of the Capitol.

He is charged with one count of knowingly entering a restricted building and one count of violent entry and disorderly conduct.

Evans has been charged with knowingly entering or remaining on restricted grounds and violent entry and disorderly conduct on Capitol grounds.

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He has been arrested on charges of trespassing on the Capitol grounds, entering the Capitol violently, and disorderly conduct.

Larry Rendell Brock, a retired Air Force lieutenant colonel, was arrested in Texas and charged with one count of knowingly entering a restricted building and one count of violent entry and disorderly conduct, prosecutors said.

In 2007, at Jamaica high school in Queens, teachers started calling 911 to get police to help them deal with disorderly students.

Add to that a batch of misdemeanor disorderly conduct charges and a few felony drug raps, and it was time to move.

A new book about Victorian-era London reminds us that unregulated, disorderly places grow into great metropolises.

Petit turned himself over to police and was arrested for disorderly conduct and criminal trespassing.

He was arrested for drunk and disorderly conduct in New Orleans.

Even in 1668 the Glovers are compelled to take into account “the disorderly manner of making wardens.”

The rapid movements of the British turned the retreat of the enemy into a disorderly and desperate flight.

In the year 1903 the chronic trouble among these disorderly elements blazed up in a notable conflagration.

It is just the disorderly proliferation of Bromstead over again, in lives instead of in houses.

I found Kitty quite as she had been in her youth at home, as careless and wild, as disorderly and as full of good-heartedness.

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