ordered• a well-ordered society• Suppose the pieces of the jigsaw start off in a box in the orderedarrangement in which they form a picture.• The worshippers headed off in their own directions, and the ordered chequerboard shattered.• He was lucky to have led such an ordered life.• This was because I thought that the universe had to return to a smooth and orderedstate when it became small again.• The universe could have started out in a very smooth and ordered state.• an ordered universe