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Order-, Ordo(u)rly, adv. Also: ordere-, ordir-; ordo(u)re-, ordowr-, ordur-, ourdour- and -lye, -lie, -lé. [e.m.E. orderly (1477), f. Order n.]

1. In order or sequence, in regular succession, each in turn; in an ordered fashion, with proper arrangement, methodically.(a) 14.. Acts I. 49/2.
He sal ga to the schireff and tell hym orderly all the case 1456 Hay II. 143/36.
And sa pas ordirly fra chaumer to chaumer quhill [etc.] 1522–3 Edinb. B. Rec. I. 214.
And that ilk brother of the said craft furnish the said chaplane orderly as he sall happin to cum about to theme 1596 Dalr. I. 317/8.
Malda … of quhome the kingis of Ingland to this day ordirly haue proceidet 1702 Cramond Ch. Aberdour 48.
Some poor boys … shall be taught free by turns … and it shall come orderly about(b) c1552 Lynd. Mon. 410.
Bot ordourlie for to begyn This misarie procedis of syn 1559 Statut. Sc. Ch. 190.
To sit styll … quhill thay be ordourlie seruit of the … sacrament c1550-c1580 Art of Music 46.
In this libell consequent the proces of the secund bwik and thrid part of mwsic ordorlie is extendit 1560 Rolland Seven S. 3904.
Sa ordourlie quhill thay be ilk ane slane 1573 Tyrie in Cath. Tr. 10/29.
I sall subione the refutatioun, quhilk salbe ordourlie obseruit to the end of the buke 1584-9 Maxwall Commonpl. Bk. 16 b.
Heir followis the … foir said Lateine prowerbis … ordowrlie begynnyng at a & so furthe 1598 Montgomery Mem. 240.
That the said prenteissis name and the day of his ressauing may be ordourlie buikit 1602 Stirling B. Rec. I. 101. 1622-6 Bisset I. 221/7.
And sua ordourlie the chancellare … sall ask everie lordis voit 1655 Peebles B. Rec. II. 32.
He shall have his scoole lawis ordorlie sett doune in ane larg brod

2. According to the prescribed or regular form of procedure; duly, regularly, legitimately, properly.Very common in reference to legal processes. 1456 Hay I. 29/28.
Exhortand thame that rychtwisly and ordourly thai wald mak laufull electiouns 1465 Colquhoun Chart. 292.
The said Robert Lorde Fleming salcum thare and … ordourly and frendefulli suffir ane assise to pas vpon thir landis 1469 Acta Aud. 9/2.
Gife ther cummys ony complaint ordurly before him be ony party that he minister justice 1472 Lennox Mun. 91. 1474 Charter (Reg. H.) No. 442.
The lordis … deliueris that the said ballies has procedit ordourly in the seruing of the said brevis 1490 Douglas Corr. 234.
Ordorly 1493 Antiq. Aberd. & B. II. 228.
Quhill he wer ordourly journayit 1496 Acta Conc. II. 4. 1520 Fife Sheriff Ct. 181.
The saidis personis lauchfully & ordorely summond to the forewritin day 1533 Bell. Livy I. 175/25.
The faderis … mycht nocht ordourlie gif thare consultacioun thareintill a1538 Abell 2* a.
Abbat seculair ordurly the Paip ma nocht maik 1530 Lynd. Test. Pap. 987.
Orderlye 1539 Soc. Ant. II. 399. 1544 Aberd. B. Rec. I. 207.
Ordourlie 1546 Reg. Privy C. I. 27. 1558 Reg. Privy S.V. i. 100/1.
Convict and ordourlie justifit to the deid be the law of the realme 1560 Cal. Sc. P. I. 496.
[Because his forfeiture] was nocht ordurle led 1560 Bk. Disc. 189.
In a Kirk reformed … none aucht to presume … to preache … till that ordourlie thai be callit to the same 1567 G. Ball. 8. 1569 Peebles B. Rec. I. 308.
And ourdourlie put thairfra be the law 1573 Tyrie in Cath. Tr. 22/27.
The Kirk … is of sic nature that it is nocht possible that it be ordourlie continewit and conseruit onles [etc.] 1582 Aberd. B. Rec. II. 48.
That the yeirlie rentis of the same [hospitals] … be decentlie and ordourlie imployit 1587 Prot. Bk. J. Inglis 11 June.
Walter … grantit hym self ourdourly ramuuit fra the said take 1594 Misc. Spald. C. II. 128.
That he tuik him [sc. a horse] away ordourlie and nocht spulyed 1622-6 Bisset I. 124/7.
All billis and supplicationis … ar writtin be clerkis, ordourlie admittit 1629 Justiciary Cases I. 125. Ib. 141. 1644 Aberd. B. Rec. IV. 23. 1672 Kirkcaldy B. Rec. MS. 30 Sept.
And thir four being ordorlie voited 1673 Edinb. B. Rec. X. 151.
That we have proceded orderly in giving in our leat by putting in sex qualified persones 1681 Stair Inst. iii. i. § 32. (1681) 389.
Arrestment orderly laid on renders the thing litigious

3. a. In an ordered or well arranged way; in good condition, ‘in good shape’. b. In conformity with good order or discipline, in a well conducted manner. 1570 Peebles B. Rec. I. 324.
The stepill and knok to be ordourlie and sufficientlie kepit 1600-1610 Melvill 620.
The counsell … sittingverie orderely and magnificly in the chappell 1649 Elgin Rec. II. 433.
Att the second bell [they are] to repair to church ordourelie [supra in comlie ordour] as in the forenoone 1685 Bk. O. Edinb. C. XI. 31.
He … hes inacted himselfe … to live regularly and ordourly