higgledy
- adverb
- /ˈhɪɡəldi/
- Informal
:
desordenadamente
- The children's toys were scattered higgledy-piggledy all over the floor.
Examples
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The books were piled higgledy-piggledy on the desk, making it hard to find anything.
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She tossed her clothes higgledy-piggledy into the suitcase as she packed for the trip.
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I think it won't really tell me much about them because people's life experience throw those numbers into such higgledy piggledy.
Synonyms
9
6.1
In a way that is not planned or organized
9
1.6
Something that is untidy and not in order
5
2.9
In a careless, untidy way that makes things messy
1
1.4
In a messy way that leaves food or paint everywhere
1
7.3
In a confused, messy way with no order
1
9.9
In a messy, mixed-up way with things in no order
1
3.4
In a messy way that is not neat
Being confused and disorganized
In a messy, disorganized way
In a hurried, confused way
In a confused, hurried way with no order
In a mixed up, messy way
In a confused, messy way
Antonyms
Compounds
How Messy
Surface Forms
Etymology
Higgledy comes from the playful rhyming phrase higgledy-piggledy, used for a long time to mean 'all mixed up'. So Higgledy still means 'messy' or 'jumbled'.