DISORDERLY

a. adv.

5 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

1.
a.

Not in order; marked by disorder; disarranged; immethodical; as, the books and papers are in a disorderly state.

2.
a.

Not acting in an orderly way, as the functions of the body or mind.

3.
a.

Not complying with the restraints of order and law; tumultuous; unruly; lawless; turbulent; as, disorderly people; disorderly assemblies.

4.
a.

Offensive to good morals and public decency; notoriously offensive; as, a disorderly house.

5.
adv.

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.

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