helter-skelter

helter-skelter
adv
1. pell-mell, hurry-scurry, harum-scarum, wildly; headlong, headfirst, head over heels; rashly, recklessly, precipitately, unwarily, carelessly, heedlessly, injudiciously, thoughtlessly; impetuously, impulsively, hastily, hurriedly.
2. confusedly, chaotically, aimlessly, unsystematical-ly, unmethodically, erratically, haphazardly, irregularly, unevenly; topsy-turvy, higgledy-piggledy, hugger-mugger, arsy-varsy, Inf. willy-nilly, Inf. every which way; in confusion, in disorder, in disarray, in a jumble, in a tumble, in a muddle, in a mess, all over the place; here, there, and everywhere.
n
3. confusion, disorder, turmoil, moil, chaos, pandemonium, bedlam, hugger-mugger.
adj
4. confused, chaotic, muddled, jumbled, hugger-mugger, higgledy-piggledy, topsy-turvy, Sl. arsy-varsy.
5. disorderly, disordered, disarranged, deranged; unorganized, disorganized, unmethodical, unsystematic; irregular, indiscriminate, haphazard, random, aimless, pell-mell, hit-or-miss.

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