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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
disorderly
    adj 1: undisciplined and unruly; "disorderly youths";
           "disorderly conduct" [ant: orderly]
    2: in utter disorder; "a disorderly pile of clothes" [syn:
       disorderly, higgledy-piggledy, hugger-mugger,
       jumbled, topsy-turvy]
    3: completely unordered and unpredictable and confusing [syn:
       chaotic, disorderly]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Disorderly \Dis*or"der*ly\, adv.
   In a disorderly manner; without law or order; irregularly;
   confusedly.
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         Withdraw yourselves from every brother that walketh
         disorderly.                              --2 Thess.
                                                  iii. 6.
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         Savages fighting disorderly with stones. --Sir W.
                                                  Raleigh.
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3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Disorderly \Dis*or"der*ly\, a.
   1. Not in order; marked by disorder; disarranged;
      immethodical; as, the books and papers are in a disorderly
      state.
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   2. Not acting in an orderly way, as the functions of the body
      or mind.
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   3. Not complying with the restraints of order and law;
      tumultuous; unruly; lawless; turbulent; as, disorderly
      people; disorderly assemblies.
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   4. (Law) Offensive to good morals and public decency;
      notoriously offensive; as, a disorderly house.

   Syn: Irregular; immethodical; confused; tumultuous;
        inordinate; intemperate; unruly; lawless; vicious.
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Thesaurus Results for disorderly:

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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