topsy-turvily

English

Etymology

topsy-turvy +‎ -ly

Adverb

topsy-turvily (comparative more topsy-turvily, superlative most topsy-turvily)

1. In a topsy-turvy manner, chaotically.
   • 1920, Mabel Wood Martin, chapter 7, in The Green God’s Pavilion‎^[1], New York: Frederick A. Stokes, page 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, chapter 14, in Mam’zelle Guillotine‎^[2], London: Hodder & Stoughton:

     While groping her way about, Eve barked her shins against pieces of furniture that seemed to be lying topsy-turvily about.

Translations

in a topsy-turvy manner

• German: auf den Kopf gestellt

disorderly, chaotically

• German: unordentlich (de), chaotisch (de)
• Spanish: desordenadamente (es)