Almost ordered to be naughty (3)
I believe the answer is:
bad
'naughty' is the definition.
(badly behaved)
'almost ordered' is the wordplay.
'almost' means to remove the last letter (most of the word but not all of it).
'ordered' becomes 'bade' (past tense of 'bid' as in to order).
'bade' with its final letter taken off is 'BAD'.
'to be' acts as a link.
(Other definitions for bad that I've seen before include "Evil, below standard or off" , "Spoiled or evil" , "Of poor quality" , "Mouldy, off" , "not healthy" .)