English Dictionary

higgledy-piggledy

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈhɪɡəldiˌpɪɡəldi/

副詞

In a confused, disordered, or random way.

日本語の意味

無秩序に、秩序を欠いた状態で / ごちゃごちゃに混乱した様子で / ばらばらで散らかった状態で

The papers were strewn higgledy-piggledy across the desk after the meeting.

会議の後、書類が机の上に乱雑に散らばっていた。

意味（1）

In a confused, disordered, or random way.

There is no kind of arrangement as regards the buildings they are erected higgledy-piggledy; backs to fronts, anyhow, with narrow passages between.

more higgledy-piggledy （ comparative ）

most higgledy-piggledy （ superlative ）