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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (1)

1. in utter disorder;
- Example: "a disorderly pile of clothes"
[syn: disorderly, higgledy-piggledy, hugger-mugger, jumbled, topsy-turvy]


ADVERB (1)

1. in a disordered manner;
- Example: "they were piled up higgledy-piggledy"
[syn: higgledy-piggledy, topsy-turvy]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Higgledy-piggledy \Hig`gle*dy-pig"gle*dy\, adv.
   In confusion; topsy-turvy. [Colloq.] --Johnson.
   [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

higgledy-piggledy
    adv 1: in a disordered manner; "they were piled up higgledy-
           piggledy" [syn: higgledy-piggledy, topsy-turvy]
    adj 1: in utter disorder; "a disorderly pile of clothes" [syn:
           disorderly, higgledy-piggledy, hugger-mugger,
           jumbled, topsy-turvy]