disorderly
adj.adj. describing behavior that is messy, noisy, or breaks the rules in public. You often hear this word when someone is causing trouble or not following the law.
adj. characterised by a lack of order, discipline, or respect for public peace. Often carries a legal connotation when describing conduct that disturbs the community.
The crowd became disorderly after the game ended.
The police were called to the scene to manage a group of disorderly protesters blocking the main road.
The judge noted that while the defendant's conduct was technically disorderly, it did not meet the threshold for a criminal conviction under the current statutes.
From disorder + -ly (adjectival suffix) or from dis- + orderly.
From disorder + -ly (adverbial suffix) or from dis- + orderly.
Often used in the fixed legal phrase 'disorderly conduct'.
he behaved in a disorderly wayhis behavior was disorderlyWhile 'disorderly' ends in -ly, it is an adjective, not an adverb; it describes the person or behavior rather than the action itself.