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Topsy-turvy

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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'

3. head over heels, heels over head, in great confusion, topsy-turvily, topsy-turvy

in disorderly haste

Example Sentences:
'we ran head over heels toward the shelter'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.


Topsy-turvy

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adjective
1. 
upside down
2. 
in a state of confusion
adverb
3. 
in a topsy-turvy manner
noun
4. 
a topsy-turvy state

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Topsy-turvy

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adverb, adjective
1. 
upside down; in a reversed condition
2. 
in confusion or disorder
noun
3. 
a topsy-turvy condition; inverted state
4. 
a state of confusion

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Topsy-turvy

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adv.
1. With the top downward and the bottom up; upside-down.
2. In or into a state of utter disorder or confusion: "turning our ordered life topsy-turvy" (Anne Tyler).
adj. top·sy-tur·vi·er, top·sy-tur·vi·est
1. Turned or positioned upside down; inverted.
2. Confused or disordered.
n. pl. top·sy-tur·vies
The quality or condition of being topsy-turvy.

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