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Definitions for: Topsy-turvy
[adv] in disorderly haste; "we ran head over heels toward the shelter"
[adv] in a disordered manner; "they were piled up higgledy-piggledy"
[adj] in utter disorder; "a disorderly pile of clothes"
Webster (1913) Definition: Top"sy-tur"vy, adv. [Earlier topside-turvey,
topsy-tervy; probably for top so turvy; that is, the top as
turvy, as it were turvy; where turvy probably means,
overturned, fr. AS. torfian to throw.]
In an inverted posture; with the top or head downward; upside
down; as, to turn a carriage topsy-turvy.
Synonyms: disorderly, head over heels, heels over head, higgledy-piggledy, higgledy-piggledy, hugger-mugger, in great confusion, jumbled, topsy-turvily, untidy
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