adjective
- In utter disorder.
- usage: "a disorderly pile of clothes"
- synonyms: disorderly, hugger-mugger, jumbled, topsy-turvy
adverb
- In a disordered manner.
- usage: "they were piled up higgledy-piggledy"
- synonyms: topsy-turvy
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