Mean and Orderly

Mean

Mean adjective - Being about midway between extremes of amount or size.

Orderly and mean are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Orderly" instead an adjective "Mean".

Nearby Words: means, meaning, meanness, meant, meanly

Orderly

Orderly adjective - Being clean and in good order.

Mean and orderly are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Mean" instead an adjective "Orderly".

Nearby Words: order, ordered, orderliness

Mutual synonyms

Both words in one sentence

  • Series / Quantum Leap There's a mean orderly in the episode, and at one point when there's nobody else about Sam gets out of the wheelchair, walks over to the orderly, and slugs him.
  • Film / The Jacket Villainous Breakdown: Damon, the mean orderly, ultimately ends up a patient at the hospital.
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