topsy-turvily
English
Etymology
topsy-turvy + -ly
Adverb
topsy-turvily (comparative more topsy-turvily, superlative most topsy-turvily)
- In a topsy-turvy manner, chaotically.
- 1920, Mabel Wood Martin, The Green God’s Pavilion, New York: Frederick A. Stokes, Chapter 7, p. 92,
- You frighten me a little by the order that is all through you. Even your sins appear to have unity, whereas I keep house topsy-turvily in my innermost being.
- 1940, Emma Orczy, Mam’zelle Guillotine, London: Hodder & Stoughton, Chapter 14,
- While groping her way about, Eve barked her shins against pieces of furniture that seemed to be lying topsy-turvily about.
- 1920, Mabel Wood Martin, The Green God’s Pavilion, New York: Frederick A. Stokes, Chapter 7, p. 92,
Translations
in a topsy-turvy manner
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disorderly, chaotically
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