ruly

/ ˈruːlɪ /

adjective

1. orderly; well-behaved; tidy

Word History and Origins

Origin of ruly¹

C20: back-formation from _unruly

Example Sentences

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

Read more on The Guardian

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.

Read more on New York Times

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

Read more on Scientific American

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

Read more on The Guardian

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

Read more on Project Gutenberg