1
[ adjective ] in utter disorder

Examples

"a disorderly pile of clothes"

Used in print

(Philip Reaves, "Who Rules the Marriage Bed?"...)

Some psychologists , in_fact , suggest that career bound husbands often are more to blame for topsy-turvy marriages than their wives .

Related terms

untidy

2
[ adverb ] in a disordered manner

Examples

"they were piled up higgledy-piggledy"

3
[ adverb ] in disorderly haste

Examples

"we ran head over heels toward the shelter"

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