Klryz
Pronunciation guide: IPA symbols, stress and word endings

Vowels

iːseeɪsite / ɛbedæcat
ɑːfatherɒhot (UK)ɔːlawʊput
uːtooʌcupɜːbirdəabout
eɪdayaɪmyɔɪboyaʊnow
əʊ / oʊgo (UK / US)ɪəneareəhairʊətour

Consonants that look unusual

θthinðthisʃsheʒmeasure
tʃchurchdʒjudgeŋsingjyes

p b t d k g f v s z h m n l r w sound as in ordinary English spelling.

Marks

  • ˈ main stress, before the stressed syllable: /ˈwɔːtə/ water · ˌ lighter (secondary) stress: /ˌʌndəˈstænd/ understand
  • ː a long vowel · (r) an r said only in accents that pronounce it (most American, Scottish, Irish)

Common word endings

  • -s / -es (plurals; he/she form of verbs): /s/ after voiceless sounds (cats), /z/ after voiced (dogs), /ɪz/ after s, z, sh, ch, j sounds (buses, watches). Spelling: -es after s, x, z, ch, sh; consonant + y → -ies (city → cities).
  • -ed (past): /t/ after voiceless sounds (walked), /d/ after voiced (played), /ɪd/ after t or d (wanted). Spelling: love → loved, stop → stopped, carry → carried.
  • -ing: make → making, run → running, see → seeing.
  • Irregular: go, went, gone · be, was, been · see, saw, seen · man → men · child → children · mouse → mice.
  • Older (King James) forms: -eth = -s (he loveth = he loves) · -est with “thou” (thou lovest) · spake = spoke.

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orderly

UK /ˈɔːdəli/ · US /ˈɔɹdɚli/ adjective, noun, adverb

Forms orderlies ordrely

  1. adjective Neat and tidy; possessing order. “He has always kept an orderly kitchen, with nothing out of place.”
  2. adjective Methodical or systematic. “We live in an orderly universe, where rules govern both the movements of planets and the binding of molecules.”
  3. adjective Peaceful; well-behaved. “An orderly gathering of citizens stood on the corner awaiting the bus.”
  4. adjective Being on duty; keeping order; conveying orders.
  5. noun A hospital attendant given a variety of non-medical duties.
  6. noun (military) A soldier who carries out minor tasks for a superior officer.
  7. adverb (now rare) According to good order or practice; appropriately, in a well-behaved or orderly (adjective) way.
  8. adverb (obsolete) In order; in a particular order or succession; with a suitable arrangement.

Synonyms

regular trim well-kept all Sir Garnet Bristol fashion and shipshape in order neat neat and tidy neat as a new pin neat as a pin nice as ninepence prest ruly shipshape shipshape and Bristol fashion squared away tidy tight tiptop tosh hospital attendant

Antonyms

disorderly

Webster’s 1913

  1. adjective Conformed to order; in order; regular; as, an orderly course or plan. Milton.
  2. adjective Observant of order, authority, or rule; hence, obedient; quiet; peaceable; not unruly; as, orderly children; an orderly community.
  3. adverb According to due order; regularly; methodically; duly.
  4. noun A noncommissioned officer or soldier who attends a superior officer to carry his orders, or to render other service.

Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “orderly”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details

Sanskrit

Sanskrit dictionary entries whose meaning includes “orderly” (best matches first).

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