ruly

/ ˈruːlɪ /

adjective

1. orderly; well-behaved; tidy

Word History and Origins

Origin of ruly¹

C20: back-formation from unruly

Example Sentences

Our front is often the unruliest in what is, even by Canberra’s standards, a rather ruly street.

From The Guardian

The second is the bouquet of brand associations that comes included with every purchase: Paris, ribbons, agility, discipline, finesse, erect posture, ruly hair, swanlike physical attributes, poise, aplomb, thighs like a Giacometti sculpture.

From New York Times

They are a key way in which our ruly culture configures our nature.

From Scientific American

Singapore currently stands at 150th in Freedom House's world press freedom league: an obsessive wonder of manicured, ruly repression.

From The Guardian

Oxen to be most valuable, should be large, well matched, ruly, and not very fat.

From Project Gutenberg