well-ordered
Americanadjective
adjective
Etymology
Origin of well-ordered
First recorded in 1600–10
Example Sentences
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That sense of well-ordered calm is something John says he and other pilots try to communicate to their cabin crew and passengers.
From BBC • Mar. 15, 2026
It should be possible—and it is essential to a well-ordered society—to call out morally reprehensible behavior by your own side as well as by your opponents.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 27, 2025
Three years later, Everybody’s Gone to the Rapture whisked them off to a quaint fictional village in the west of England, zigzagging through arable fields and well-ordered front gardens.
From New York Times • Jun. 17, 2024
If the material is charged slowly, everything proceeds in a well-ordered way.
From Science Daily • May 21, 2024
But the land became steadily more tame and well-ordered.
From "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien
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