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