higgledy-piggledy

adv.
In utter disorder or confusion: "There is something delightfully and liberatingly ludicrous about parading higgledy-piggledy in a line of walkers of all shapes and sizes" (Christa Worthington).

adj.
Topsy-turvy; jumbled.

[Origin unknown.]

adjective

Characterized by physical confusion: chaotic, confused, disordered, helter-skelter, topsy-turvy, upside-down. Informal mixed-up. See order/disorder.

See Double Dactyl

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The adjective has one meaning:

Meaning #1: in utter disorder
  Synonyms: disorderly, hugger-mugger, jumbled, topsy-turvy

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The adverb higgledy-piggledy has one meaning:

Meaning #1: in a disordered manner
  Synonym: topsy-turvy

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Dansk (Danish)
adv. - hulter til bulter, i vild uorden
adj. - uordentlig

Nederlands (Dutch)
door elkaar, verward, overhoop

Français (French)
adv. - pêle-mêle, n'importe comment
adj. - pêle-mêle

Deutsch (German)
adj. - durcheinander
adv. - durcheinander

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj., -
adv. - ατάκτως, φύρδην-μίγδην
n. - ακαταστασία, αταξία

Italiano (Italian)
disordinato, alla rinfusa

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - confuso
adv. - confusamente
n. - confusão (f)

Русский (Russian)
в беспорядке

Español (Spanish)
adv. - a la buena de Dios, desordenadamente
adj. - en desorden, a la buena de Dios

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - rörig, kaotisk
adv. - huller om buller
n. - virrvarr, röra

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
乱七八糟地, 混乱地, 乱七八糟的, 混乱的

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adv. - 亂七八糟地, 混亂地
adj. - 亂七八糟的, 混亂的

한국어 (Korean)
adv. - 엉망진창으로, 뒤죽박죽으로, 난잡하게
adj. - 엉망진창인, 뒤죽박죽인, 난잡한

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 全くの混乱

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) مشوش, مختلط (ظرف) بفوضى, بحاله يختلط فيها الحابل بالنابل (الاسم) التشويش, الاختلاط, الفوضى‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adv. - ‮בערבוביה, באי-סדר‬
adj. - ‮בערבוביה, באי-סדר‬

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