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orderly (adv.)
late 15c., "in due order," from
order
+
-ly
(2).
orderly (n.)
"military attendant who carries orders," 1781, short for
orderly corporal
, etc. Extended 1809 to an attendant at a hospital (originally a military hospital) charged with keeping things in order and clean. See
orderly
(adj.).
orderly (adj.)
"arranged in order," 1570s, from
order
(n.) +
-ly
(1).