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topsy-turvy

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topsy-turvy in WordNet English dictionary

adjective
  1. in utter disorder
    "a disorderly pile of clothes"
    disorderly  higgledy-piggledy  hugger-mugger  jumbled  topsy-turvy 
adverb
  1. in disorderly haste
    "we ran head over heels toward the shelter"
    head over heels  heels over head  topsy-turvy  topsy-turvily  in great confusion  head over heels  heels over head  topsy-turvy  topsy-turvily  in great confusion 
  2. in a disordered manner
    "they were piled up higgledy-piggledy"
    higgledy-piggledy  topsy-turvy  higgledy-piggledy  topsy-turvy 
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