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Topsy-turvily

Definition: Topsy-turvily

Topsy-turvily

Adverb

1. In disorderly haste; "we ran head over heels toward the shelter".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 


Synonyms: Topsy-turvily

Synonyms: head over heels (adv), heels over head (adv), in great confusion (adv), topsy-turvy (adv). (additional references)

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Anagrams: Topsy-turvily

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "i-l-o-p-r-s-t-t-u-v-y-y"

-4 letters: outstrip, pyritous, sportily, spottily, touristy, trustily.

-5 letters: outpity, piously, poultry, prosily, protist, protyls, pursily, pylorus, roupily, rustily, ruttily, slipout, spotlit, stoutly, tourist, troilus, trotyls, tryouts, uptilts, utopist.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: Topsy-turvily


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

54 6F 70 73 79 2D 74 75 72 76 69 6C 79

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01010100 01101111 01110000 01110011 01111001 00101101 01110100 01110101 01110010 01110110 01101001 01101100 01111001

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#84 &#111 &#112 &#115 &#121 &#45 &#116 &#117 &#114 &#118 &#105 &#108 &#121

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0054 006F 0070 0073 0079 002D 0074 0075 0072 0076 0069 006C 0079

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

54818285911586878488757891

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Anagrams
4. Orthography
5. Bibliography


  

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