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Higgledy-piggledy

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Adjective

1. disorderly, higgledy-piggledy, hugger-mugger, jumbled, topsy-turvy

in utter disorder

Example Sentences:
'a disorderly pile of clothes'

Adverb

2. higgledy-piggledy, topsy-turvy

in a disordered manner

Example Sentences:
'they were piled up higgledy-piggledy'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Higgledy-piggledy

see synonyms of higgledy-piggledy
adjective, adverb
1. 
in a jumble
noun
2. 
a muddle

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Higgledy-piggledy

see synonyms of higgledy-piggledy
adverb
1. 
in disorder; in jumbled confusion
adjective
2. 
jumbled; confused

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Higgledy-piggledy

see synonyms of higgledy-piggledy
adv.
In utter disorder or confusion.
adj.
Topsy-turvy; jumbled.
n.
See double dactyl.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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