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Disorderly

Definition: Disorderly

Disorderly

Adjective

1. Undisciplined and unruly; "disorderly youths"; "disorderly conduct".

2. In utter disorder; "a disorderly pile of clothes".

3. Completely unordered and unpredictable and confusing.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "disorderly" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1350. (references)


Synonyms: Disorderly

Synonyms: chaotic (adj), higgledy-piggledy (adj), hugger-mugger (adj), jumbled (adj), topsy-turvy (adj). (additional references)
Antonym: orderly (adj). (additional references)

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Synonyms within Context: Disorderly

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Bad Man

Culprit, delinquent, crook, hoodlum, hood, criminal, thug, malefactor, offender, perpetrator, perp; disorderly person, misdemeanant; outlaw; scofflaw; vandal; felon; convict, prisoner, inmate, jail bird, ticket of leave man; multiple offender.

Disorder

Verb: be disorderly; Adjective: ferment, play at cross-purposes.

Adjective: disorderly, orderless; out of order, out of place, out of gear; irregular, desultory; anomalous; (unconformable); acephalous, deranged; aimless; disorganized; straggling; unmethodical,

Disorderly person; disorderly persons offence; misdemeanor.

Vice

Unprincipled, lawless, disorderly, contra bonos mores, indecorous, unseemly, improper; dissolute, profligate, scampish; unworthy; worthless; desertless; disgraceful, recreant; reprehensible, blameworthy, uncommendable; discreditable, disreputable; Sadistic.

Violence

Turbulent; disorderly; blustering, raging; Verb: troublous, riotous; tumultuary, tumultuous; obstreperous, uproarious; extravagant; unmitigated; ravening, inextinguishable, tameless; frenzied; (insane). desperate; (rash); infuriate, furious, outrageous, frantic, hysteric, in hysterics.

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: Disorderly

English words defined with "disorderly": Babylonical, Breach of peace, Bridewellclutter, clutter up, cluttered, commotiondisheveled, dishevelled, Disordinate, Disrulily, Disruly, disruption, disturbance, drunk-and-disorderlyflutter, frowzledhassle, head over heels, heels over head, higgledy-piggledy, house of correction, hugger-mugger, hurly burlyin great confusionjumbledlaw-abiding, litteredmessy, Misorderly, mob, mobbish, moblike, mussyOrderlesspeacefulrabble, roar, rough-and-tumble, rout, rumpledscrambled, scuffle, Skimble-scamble, Steinkirk, stir, straggle, straightTithingman, to-do, topsy-turvily, topsy-turvy, tousled, Tumultuary, Tumultuation, turmoil, tussleUnorderly, Unordinate. (references)
Specialty definitions using "disorderly": BLOODDING DONG, DRIVE-IN THEATER ATTENDANTfield attendantGo it, Warwick!LITTLE EASEmaintenance engineerSUBWAY, superintendent, buildingWaiter, Will. (references)
Etymologies containing "disorderly": Unordinate. (references)

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Modern Usage: Disorderly

DomainUsage

Movie/TV Titles

The Disorderly Orderly (1964)

Disorderly Conduct (1932)

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Commercial Usage: Disorderly

DomainTitle

Books

  • Depraved and Disorderly : Female Convicts, Sexuality and Gender in Colonial Australia (reference)

  • Disorderly Conduct: The Vls Fiction Reader (reference)

  • Disorderly Discourse: Narrative, Conflict, & Inequality (Oxford Studies in Anthropological Linguistics, 7) (reference)

  • Disorderly Eaters: Texts in Self-Empowerment (reference)

  • Disorderly Order: Colours in Silent Film: The 1995 Amsterdam Workshop (reference)

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Theater & Movies

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Historic Usage: Disorderly

AuthorDateQuotation

US Constitution

1791

Clause 2: Each House may determine the Rules of its Proceedings, punish its Members for disorderly Behaviour, and, with the Concurrence of two thirds, expel a Member. (reference)

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Use in Literature: Disorderly

TitleAuthorQuote

Les Miserables

Hugo, Victor

When I was happier, one would only have had to look into my wardrobe to see that I was not a disorderly woman

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Non-Fiction Usage: Disorderly

SubjectTopicQuote

Economic History

Democratic Republic of Congo

Unable to make debt payments, Zaire's borrowing rights with the IMF were cut off in February 1992; its World Bank credits were frozen in July 1993. Despite the introduction of a new currency, the New Zaire (NZ), currency issuance remained disorderly, and largescale inflation rose to over 9,000% by early 1994. (references)

Human Rights

Uganda

Also in June, parliamentary candidate Otieno Akika shot at voters who allegedly were disorderly, killing one person. (references)

Fiji

In August a soldier shot a disorderly, speargun-wielding man in the knee; the man was deaf and did not respond to an order to halt. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Usage Frequency: Disorderly

"Disorderly" is generally used as an adverb (general) -- approximately 53.28% of the time. "Disorderly" is used about 137 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Adverb (general)53.28%7339,105
Adjective (general or positive)45.99%6342,364
Noun (proper)0.73%1339,140
                    Total100.00%137N/A

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Expressions: Disorderly

Expressions using "disorderly": disorderly behavior disorderly conduct disorderly house disorderly person disorderly persons offence Drunk and Disorderly. Additional references.

Hypenated Usage

Ending with "disorderly": drunk-and-disorderly, sensory-emotional-disorderly.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Disorderly

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
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45

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30

disorderly drunk

25

punk and disorderly

9

disorderly game

9

conduct definition disorderly

3

conduct disorderly fine

2

charge conduct disorderly

2

disorderly newgrounds.com

2

conduct disorderly law

2

disorderly jersey new offense person

2
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Modern Translation: Disorderly

Language Translations for "disorderly"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Albanian

  

shqetësues (anxious, disquieting, disturbing, hairy, perturbing, pesky, pestilent, plaguy, vexatious, worrisome), që bën trazira, kundër rendit publik, i rrëmujshëm (disheveled, dishevelled, hugger mugger, indiscriminate, pell mell, rambunctious, rampageous, rough and tumble, topsy turvy), i padisiplinuar (undisciplined, unruly), i çrregullt (anomalous, erratic, fitful, formless, irregular, messy, tumultuary, unkempt, untidy). (various references)

   

Arabic 

  

‏فاقد النظام, ‏متمرد (disobedient, insubordinate, insurgent, insurrectionary, mutinous, rebel, rebellious, recalcitrant, recusant, refractory, resistant, turbulent), ‏مضطرب (confused, deranged, disarranged, disarrayed, disordered, disorganized, disturbed, ill at ease, jumbled, mixed up, muddled, restive, restless, rough, troubled, tumultuous, uneasy, unquiet, unsettled, upset), ‏مخل بالنظام, ‏مخالف للقانون, ‏مشاغب (pettifogger, riotous, rowdy-dowdy, seditious, tumultuous, turbulent). (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

размирен (mutinous, riotous, rumbustious, troublous, turbulent), непристоен (improper, indecent, outre, unbecoming, unbeseeming, uncomely, undignified, unseemly), непорядъчен (irregular), непокорен (contumacious, disaffected, disobedient, indocile, insubordinate, rambunctious, recalcitrant, refractory, repugnant, restive, tumultuous, unbowed, uncontrollable, undutiful, unfilial, unruly, unsubdued, unsubmissive, untoward, wayward), безредно. (various references)

   

Chinese 

  

(confused), (confused, numerous), (in confusion), 杂乱 (messy). (various references)

   

Czech

  

vzpurný (contumacious, defiant, insubordinate, rebellious, recalcitrant, restive, unruly), rozvášnìný, neukáznìný (indisciplined, insubordinate, obstreperous, turbulent, undisciplined), nepořádný (ill-sorted, messy, mussy, orderless, slatternly, unkempt, untidy). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

openbare dronkenschap (drunk and disorderly), kennelijke staat van dronkenschap op de openbare weg (drunk and disorderly), kennelijke staat van dronkenschap (drunk and disorderly). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

ilkivaltainen (mischievous, outrageous). (various references)

   

French

  

désordonné, désobéissant (disobedient, disobeying), en désordre (disarray, dishevelled), brouillon. (various references)

   

German

  

unordentlich (disarranged, disordered, messily, messy, mussy, straggling, unkempt, unorderly, untidily, untidy, wild), ungeregelt (disordered, irregular, unadjusted, unorganized, unregulated). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

ρέμπελοσ (hobo, reckless), χαώδης (chaotic, shambolic), άτακτα, άτακτος (desultory, misbehaved, naughty), ακατάστατοσ (blowzy, frowsy, frowzy, messy, mussy, slatternly, slob, sloppy, slovenly, unsettled, untidy), ακατάστατος (messy, shabby, untidy). (various references)

   

Hebrew 

  

מפיר ס"ר, לא מסו"ר (slipshod, untidy), פרוע (chaotic, rampant, rank, riotous, tumultuous, turbulent, unruly, wild). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

rendzavaró, rendetlen (cluttered, deranged, dingy, erratic, flipperty-flopperty, higgledy-piggledy, messy, pell mell, ragged, rooky, slipshod, sloppy, slovenly, snuffy, straggly, tumultuous, unkempt, untidy), fegyelmezetlen (inordinate, insubordinate, irrepressible, lax, obstreperous, undisciplined). (various references)

   

Indonesian

  

kacau (disordered, entangled, muddle). (various references)

   

Italian

  

disordinato (higgledy-piggledy, hugger mugger, irregular, messy, muddled, pell mell, slovenly, unsettled, untidy, wild), non regolato (unregulated). (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

雑然とした (promiscuous), 混雑した (confused, congested), 不規則 (irregularity, unsteadiness). (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

ざつぜ"とした (promiscuous), ふきそく (irregularity, unsteadiness), ""ざつした (confused, congested). (various references)

   

Korean 

  

무질서한 (Anarchic, Anarchical). (various references)

   

Manx

  

neureajagh (disordered, incorrect, indiscreet), meereiltagh (anarchic, anarchical, anarchist, irregular, lawless, turbulent, turbulent person, ungovernable, ungovernable as country). (various references)

   

Norwegian

  

uordentlig. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

isorderlyday.(various references)

   

Portuguese

  

desregrado (higgledy-piggledy, lawless, lecherous, licentious, obstreperous), desordenado (deranged, higgledy-piggledy, hugger-mugger, immoderate, indigested, inordinate, lawless, pell-mell, rough and tumble, tumultuous, turbulent, untidy), desordenadamente (discomposedly, hugger-mugger, hurry-scurry, pell-mell, topsy-turvy), turbulento (bacchic, fractious, higgledy-piggledy, inordinate, knockabout, noisy, obstreperous, rackety, rampageous, randy, riotous, rowdy, rumbustious, stormy, tempestuous, termagant, turbulent, unquiet), irregular (atypical, bumpy, catchy, crenelated, erratic, fitful, inequable, informal, inordinate, irregular, jaggy, jerky, joggly, jolty, knockabout, lacerated, lawless, occasional, ragged, rough, scratchy, snatchy, spotty, unequable, unequal, uneven, wayward), ilegitimamente, ilegal (illegal, illegal alien, illicit, lawless, nefarious, unlawful, wrongful), confuso (abrupt, abstruse, blear, cloudy, confused, disturbed, dizzy, hugger-mugger, indistinct, intricate, jumbled up, labyrinthine, lacklustre, mazy, medley, messy, mixed, muddle-headed, muddy, obscure, pell-mell, perplexed, promiscuous, rigmarole, rough and tumble, tangly, topsy-turvy), atabalhoadamente (pell-mell). (various references)

   

Romanian

  

dezordonat (dishevelled, erratic, ill-regulated, irregular, messy, riotous, slipshod, unkempt, untidy), turbulent (boisterous, noisy, obstreperous, Randy, riotous, turbulent, unschooled), neregulat (broken, erratic, fitful, irregular, irregularly, odd, patchy, ragged, rugged, scraggy, snatchy, unequal, uneven), furtunos (agitated, boisterous, gusty, rough, rugged, stormy, tempestuous), şubred (delicate, feeble, flimsy, frail, insecure, ramshackle, rocky, shaky, unstable, weak), în neorânduialã, împrãştiat (absent minded, besprent, dissipated, giddy, littery, scatterbrain, scatterbrains, scattered, sparse, straggling, woolly-headed). (various references)

   

Russian 

  

необузданный (unbridled, unchecked, ungovernable, unrestrained), неаккуратный (ragged, sloppy, untidy), непристойный (bawdy, beastly, coarse, dirty, greasy, nasty, obscene, pawpaw, ribald, salacious, salty, scurrilous, smutty, unchaste, uncomely, unseemly), недисциплинированный (insubordinate, rebellious, tumultuary, undisciplined), беспорядочный беспорядочно, беспорядочный (chaotic, erratic, haywire, higgledy-piggledy, hugger mugger, indiscriminate, inordinate, messy, pell mell, rambling, random, rough and tumble, shambolic, topsy turvy, tumultuary, tumultuous, undigested, unregulated, upside down). (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

neuredan (disorganized, frowsy, frowzy, inordinate, littery, sloppy, slovenly, untidy), nesređen (incoordinate, unregulated, unsettled), nečist (dishonest, impure, profane, unclean). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

desarreglado (disordered, tousled, untidily, untidy). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

bråkig (contentious, fractious, noisy, restless, rowdy, troublesome, turbulent, uproarious). (various references)

   

Turkish

  

düzensiz (chaotic, desultory, disordered, disorganized, erratic, excursive, fitful, freehand, haywire, hugger mugger, huggermugger, indigested, inordinate, irregular, jerky, nonuniform, non-uniform, out of order, out of square, out of trim, out-of-balance, patchily, patchy, ragged, rambling, snatchy, snuffy, unequal, unkempt, unsteady, untidy), taşkın (boisterous, ebullient, effusive, excessive, expansive, exuberant, flood, gushing, intemperate, overflowing, rambunctious, rumbustious, volcanic), serkeş (disobedient, fractious, Froward, rebellious, rounder, strongheaded, unruly, wanton, wild), karışık (adulterated, blended, calico, chequered, combined, complicated, composite, compound, confused, deep, disconcerted, disordered, disorganized, hugger mugger, huggermugger, hybrid, inexplicit, inextricable, intricate, involute, involved, kinky, knotted, knotty, mazy, medley, miscellaneous, mixed, motley, obscure, out of square, promiscuous, turbid, unclassified, unsized, woolly, wooly), gürültülü (clamant, clamorous, clangorous, hilarious, hurly burly, jazz, knockabout, loud, noisy, rackety, rambunctious, riotous, roaring, robustious, rumbustious, thundering, tumultuary, tumultuous, uproarious, vociferous), ahlaksız (abandoned, characterless, corrupt, debauched, depraved, dirty, dissolute, frail, ill, immoral, impure, libertine, loose, low down, mean, purple, rascal, rascally, rep, reprobate, unclean, uncleanly, unmoral, unprincipled, unregenerate, unscrupulous, vicious, wanton, wicked), açık saçık (bawdy, blue, dirty, feelthy, filthy, foul, girlie, hard core, immodest, immodestly dressed, improper, indecent, lewd, obscene, off color, off colour, pornographic, racy, raw, ripe, risky, risque, rough, salacious, salty, scabrous, shocking, smutty, spicy). (various references)

   

Turkmen 

  

garym-gatym, garagol. (various references)

   

Ukrainian

  

що безчинству", недозволений (illicit, unauthorized, wildcat), буйно, безладно (confusedly, helter-skelter, higgledy-piggledy, hugger mugger, pell mell, pellmell, promiscuously), безладний (amorphous, dropping, excursive, harum scarum, helter-skelter, higgledy-piggledy, hugger mugger, hurly burly, ill disposed, indiscriminate, inordinate, meandering, messy, orderless, outward, pell mell, pellmell, promiscuous, rambling, scrappy, shapeless, topsy turvy, tumultuary). (various references)

   

Vietnamese 

  

rối loạn (fix, troublous), náo loạn l m mất trật tự xã hội, lộn xộn hỗn loạn, gây náo loạn; bừa bãi phóng đãng, bừa bãi (indiscriminate, indiscriminative, messy, promiscuous, ungoverned). (various references)

   

Welsh

  

direol (unruly), annosbarthus (unruly), annosbarth (disorder), anhrefnus (chaotic, untidy), afreolus (unruly), afreolaidd (irregular). (various references)

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Ancestral Language Translations: Disorderly

LanguagePeriodTranslations
Latin500 BCE-Modern

inconditus, inmoderata. (various references)

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Bible Trace: Disorderly

LanguageDateSource1 Thessalonians Chapter 5, Verse 14
Greek (transliterated)250 BCSeptuagintParakaloumen de umaV adelfoi nouqeteite touV ataktouV paramuqeisqe touV oligoyucouV antecesqe twn asqenwn makroqumeite proV pantaV
Latin405VulgateRogamus autem vos fratres corripite inquietos consolamini pusillianimes suscipite infirmos patientes estote ad omnes
Old English990West SaxonAnd we maniað eow, breþer, maniað þas þe idele sind, bemodigiað þa unstiðan, fultumiað þa untrumman, wesað geþyldige mid eallum.
Middle English1395WyclifAnd, britheren, we preien you, repreue ye vnpesible men. Coumforte ye men of litil herte, resseyue ye sijke men, be ye pacient to alle men.
Renaissance English1526TyndaleWe desyre you brethre warne them that are vnruly comforte the feble mynded forbeare the weake have continuall pacience towarde all men.
Jacobean English1611King JamesNow we exhort you, brethren, warn them that are unruly, comfort the feebleminded, support the weak, be patient toward all men.
Victorian English1833WebsterNow we exhort you, brethren, warn them that are disorderly, comfort the feeble-minded, support the weak, be patient towards all men.
Basic English1964OgdenAnd our desire is that you will keep control over those whose lives are not well ordered, giving comfort to the feeble-hearted, supporting those with little strength, and putting up with much from all.

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Matched Bible Translations: Disorderly

Language1 Thessalonians Chapter 5, Verse 14
CebuanoUg tambagan namo kamo, mga igsoon, nga inyong maymayan ang mga bagdoy, inyong dasigon ang mga nawad-an sa paglaum, inyong tabangan ang mga mahuyang, magmapailubon kamo kanilang tanan.
CroatianPotièemo vas, braæo: opominjite neuredne, sokolite malodušne, podržavajte slabe, budite velikodušni prema svima!
DanishOg vi formane eder, Brødre! påminder de uskikkelige, trøster de modfaldne, tager eder af de skrøbelige, værer langmodige imod alle!
DutchEn wij bidden u, broeders, vermaant de ongeregelden, vertroost de kleinmoedigen, ondersteunt de zwakken, zijt lankmoedig jegens allen.
FinnishMe kehoitamme teitä, veljet: nuhdelkaa kurittomia, rohkaiskaa alakuloisia, holhotkaa heikkoja, olkaa pitkämieliset kaikkia kohtaan.
FrenchNous vous prions aussi, frères, avertissez ceux qui vivent dans le désordre, consolez ceux qui sont abattus, supportez les faibles, usez de patience envers tous.
GermanWir ermahnen aber euch, liebe Brüder, vermahnet die Ungezogenen, tröstet die Kleinmütigen, traget die Schwachen, seid geduldig gegen jedermann.
Haitian CreoleM'ap mande nou tou, frè m' yo, pou nou rele dèyè moun k'ap fè parese yo. Ankouraje sa ki yon ti jan frèt yo, ede sa ki fèb yo. Se pou nou pran pasyans ak tout moun.
HungarianKérünk továbbá titeket, atyámfiai, intsétek a rendetleneket, bátorítsátok a félelmes szívûeket, gyámolítsátok az erõteleneket, türelmesek legyetek mindenki iránt.
Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hariKami minta juga, Saudara-saudara, tegurlah dengan rukun orang yang tidak mau bekerja; tabahkan hati orang yang takut; tolonglah orang yang perlu ditolong dan sabarlah terhadap semua orang.
Indonesian-Terjemahan LamaHai saudara-saudaraku, kami minta kamu nasehatkan orang yang tiada menurut perintah, kuatkan orang yang tawar hati, tolong orang yang lemah, sabarlah akan orang sekalian.
ItalianVi esortiamo, fratelli: correggete gli indisciplinati, confortate i pusillanimi, sostenete i deboli, siate pazienti con tutti.
LatvianBet mçs jûs lûdzam, brâïi, brîdiniet nemierîgos, ieprieciniet mazdûðîgos, palîdziet slimajiem, esiet pacietîgi ar visiem!
MaoriNa ko ta matou whakahau tenei ki a koutou, e oku teina, whakatupatoria te hunga whakakeke, whakamarietia te hunga ngakau rahirahi, tautokona ake te hunga ngoikore, kia manawanui ki nga tangata katoa.
NorwegianOg vi formaner eder, brødre, påminn de uskikkelige, trøst de mismodige, hjelp de skrøpelige, vær langmodige mot alle!
PortugueseExortamo-vos também, irmãos, a que admoesteis os insubordinados, consoleis os desanimados, ampareis os fracos e sejais longânimos para com todos.   
RumanianVq rugqm, de asemenea, frayilor, sq mustrayi pe ceice trqiesc kn neorknduialq; sq kmbqrbqtayi pe cei desnqdqjduiyi; sq sprijiniyi pe cei slabi, sq fiyi rqbdqtori cu toyi.
RussianхНПМСЕН ФБЛЦЕ ЧБУ, 'ТБФЙС, ЧТБЪХНМСКФЕ 'ЕУЮЙООЩИ, ХФЕЫБКФЕ НБМП"ХЫОЩИ, П""ЕТЦЙЧБКФЕ УМБ'ЩИ, 'Х"ШФЕ "ПМЗПФЕТ ЕМЙЧЩ ЛП ЧУЕН.
ShuarTura junasha seajrume, yatsuru. Takastinian nakitiana nusha chicharkatarum. Tura yaweena nusha ataksha Enentáimtikrarum Ikiakártarum. Kakarmachu ana nusha Yáintarum. Tura Ashí shuarjai kajetsuk katsuntrarum wekasatarum.
SpanishHermanos, también os exhortamos a que amonestéis a los desordenados, a que alentéis a los de poco ánimo, a que deis apoyo a los débiles, y a que tengáis paciencia hacia todos.
SwahiliNdugu, tunawahimizeni muwaonye watu walio wavivu, muwatie moyo watu wanyonge, muwasaidie watu dhaifu, muwe na subira kwa wote.
SwedishVi bjuda eder, käre bröder: Förmanen de oordentliga, uppmuntren de klenmodiga, tagen eder an de svaga, visen tålamod mot var man.
UmaOmpi', kiperapi' bona niparesai' -ra-rawo to lose mobago. Apui-ra to mere' nono-ra. Pe'inte' -ra to lente pepangala' -ra. Mosabara hi hawe'ea tauna.

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Misspellings: Disorderly

Misspellings

"Disorderly" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: disorderlies. (additional references)

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Rhyming with "Disorderly"

# of Phoneme MatchesPronunciationWord(s) rhyming with "disorderly" (pronounced di'sô"rderlē)
6-ô" r d er l ēorderly.
4-d er l ēelderly, tenderly.
3-er l ēbitterly, brotherly, circularly, cleverly, lawyerly, eagerly, easterly, entirely, extracellularly, fatherly, formerly, gingerly, grandfatherly, grandmotherly, improperly, irregularly, leisurely, linearly, masterly, miserly, motherly, neighborly, northeasterly, northerly, northwesterly, overly, painterly, particularly, peculiarly, popularly, properly, quarterly, regularly, scholarly, similarly, singularly, soberly, somberly, southerly, spectacularly, utterly, Weatherly, westerly.

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Anagrams: Disorderly

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "d-d-e-i-l-o-r-r-s-y"

-2 letters: derisory, disorder, riddlers, soldiery, sordidly.

-3 letters: dildoes, doylies, dreidls, lorries, orderly, ridders, riddler, riddles, ridleys, soldier, solider, sorrily, yodlers.

-4 letters: derris, didoes, dildoe, dildos, diodes, direly, dirled, doiled, dories, dorsel, dorser, dreidl, driers, droids, dryers, idlers, lorded, lories, odyles, oilers, oldies, orders, oriels, reoils, resold, ridder, riddle, riders, ridley, roiled, rosery, rosier, rosily.

 Words containing the letters "d-d-e-i-l-o-r-r-s-y"
 

+2 letters: disorderedly.

 

+4 letters: hydrochlorides.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Modern
5. Usage: Commercial
6. Images: Slideshow
7. Quotations: Historic
8. Quotations: Fiction
9. Quotations: Non-fiction
10. Usage Frequency
11. Expressions
12. Expressions: Internet
13. Translations: Modern
14. Translations: Ancient
15. Bible Trace
16. Derivations
17. Rhymes
18. Anagrams
19. Bibliography


  

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