- 1(of people or behavior) showing lack of control; publicly violent or noisy disorderly conduct They were arrested for being drunk and disorderly.
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- 2messy newspapers in a disorderly pile by the door opposite orderly
disorderly
adjectiveNAmE//dɪsˈɔrdərli//
[usually before noun] (formal)Check pronunciation: disorderly