orderliness

orderliness

English

Etymology

From orderly +‎ -ness.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈɔːdəlɪnəs/

Noun

orderliness (usually uncountable, plural orderlinesses)

1. The fact of having a regular, proper and systematic arrangement.
   • 2002, Colin Jones, The Great Nation, Penguin 2003, p. 205:

     Voltaire had drawn on Newton to demonstrate an allegedly divine orderliness in the natural world which left no space for God's intervention in human affairs [...].

2. Orderly behaviour.

Translations

regularity; proper arrangement

Bulgarian: ред (bg) m (red), порядък (bg) m (porjadǎk) Dutch: orde (nl) French: ordre (fr) m German: Ordentlichkeit f Irish: ordúlacht f, innealtacht f Kazakh: тәртіптілік (tärtıptılık) Kyrgyz: тартиптүүлүк (ky) (tartiptüülük) Russian: упорядоченность (ru) (uporjadočennostʹ) Spanish: orden (es) m Swedish: ordning (sv) c