What does "disorderly" mean?
Disorderly: Not acting in an orderly way, as the functions of the body or mind.
Additional senses
- 2.Not complying with the restraints of order and law; tumultuous; unruly; lawless; turbulent; as, disorderly people; disorderly assemblies.
- 3.(Law) Offensive to good morals and public decency; notoriously offensive; as, a disorderly house.
- 4.In a disorderly manner; without law or order; irregularly; confusedly. Withdraw yourselves from every brother that walketh disorderly. 2 Thess. iii.
- 5.Savages fighting disorderly with stones. Sir W. Raleigh.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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