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HIGGLEDY-PIGGLEDY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does higgledy-piggledy mean?
• HIGGLEDY-PIGGLEDY (adjective)
The adjective HIGGLEDY-PIGGLEDY has 1 sense:
1. in utter disorder
Familiarity information: HIGGLEDY-PIGGLEDY used as an adjective is very rare.
• HIGGLEDY-PIGGLEDY (adverb)
The adverb HIGGLEDY-PIGGLEDY has 1 sense:
1. in a disordered manner
Familiarity information: HIGGLEDY-PIGGLEDY used as an adverb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• HIGGLEDY-PIGGLEDY (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
In utter disorder
Synonyms:
disorderly; higgledy-piggledy; hugger-mugger; jumbled; topsy-turvy
Context example:
a disorderly pile of clothes
Similar:
untidy (not neat and tidy)
Sense 1
Meaning:
In a disordered manner
Synonyms:
higgledy-piggledy; topsy-turvy
Context example:
they were piled up higgledy-piggledy
Context examples
“Scraps of the Russian Prince's nails. Prince Alphabet turned topsy-turvy, I call him, for his name's got all the letters in it, higgledy-piggledy.”
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
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