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ruly

/ ˈruːlɪ /

adjective

  1. orderly; well-behaved; tidy
“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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Word History and Origins

Origin of ruly1

C20: back-formation from unruly
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Example Sentences

Our front is often the unruliest in what is, even by Canberra’s standards, a rather ruly street.

The second is the bouquet of brand associations that comes included with every purchase: Paris, ribbons, agility, discipline, finesse, erect posture, ruly hair, swanlike physical attributes, poise, aplomb, thighs like a Giacometti sculpture.

They are a key way in which our ruly culture configures our nature.

Singapore currently stands at 150th in Freedom House's world press freedom league: an obsessive wonder of manicured, ruly repression.

Oxen to be most valuable, should be large, well matched, ruly, and not very fat.

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