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rul·y  (rll)
adj. ru·li·er, ru·li·est
Neat and orderly: "A small, ruly beard balances his hair" (Whitney Balliett).

[Back-formation from unruly.]

ruly [ˈruːlɪ]
adj Facetious
orderly; well-behaved; tidy
[back-formation from unruly]
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Adj.1.ruly - neat and tidy; "a small ruly beard"
tidy - marked by order and cleanliness in appearance or habits; "a tidy person"; "a tidy house"; "a tidy mind"


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Indeed, Jonson's concern, everywhere in Discoveries with ruly and unruly speaking may be set beside Joseph Bristow's point regarding the struggle of nineteenth century sexologists to establish normative categories of sexuality, which the detail of their language of casebook illustration for the greater part resists.
Seven of the words are very common, and the meaning of the other, RULY, is obvious.
 
 
 
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