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Definition of In good order
1. Adverb. In the right manner. "Can't you carry me decent?"
Antonyms: Improperly
Partainyms: Proper
Lexicographical Neighbors of In Good Order
Literary usage of In good order
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1912)
"The consignees libeled the ship, alleging that, though they were always willing
to receive the shipment in good order, the master of the ship had not made ..."
2. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1913)
"Manifestly a street could not be regarded as in good order, within any reasonable
use of that term, If the middle or one side of it was laid with ..."
3. The Rebellion Record: A Diary of American Events, with Documents, Narratives by Frank Moore, Edward Everett (1866)
"Ten o'clock PM, left the field in good order, remaining near the battle-field
until the morning of the fourth instant ¡ left in pursuit of the enemy, ..."
4. Pennsylvania Archives by Samuel Hazard, John Blair Linn, William Henry Egle, Pennsylvania Dept. of Public Instruction, George Edward Reed, Pennsylvania State Library, Thomas Lynch Montgomery, Gertrude MacKinney, Charles Francis Hoban (1877)
"... You are therefore to take care y' the Militia in the sev' Places be well armed,
duly exercised, & kept in good Order & Discipline ; and the ..."
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