Antonyms for helter-skelter

Grammar : Adj, adv

Spell : hel-ter-skel-ter

Phonetic Transcription : ˈhɛl tərˈskɛl tər

Definition of helter-skelter

Origin : also helter skelter, 1590s, perhaps from skelte "to hasten, scatter hurriedly," with the first element there merely for the sake of rhyme. As an adjective from 1785.

adj with undue hurry and confusion
adv carelessly, confused

Example sentences :

Nobody but he could have twisted and turned in such a helter-skelter fashion.
Extract from : « The Tale of Kiddie Katydid » by Arthur Scott Bailey

Sometimes, but not very often, she threw them helter-skelter about the room.
Extract from : « The Good Soldier » by Ford Madox Ford

I only know we ran quickly, helter-skelter, back home, back to Mazapevka.
Extract from : « Jewish Children » by Sholem Naumovich Rabinovich

But this cannot be done by helter-skelter or haphazard administration.
Extract from : « The Indian Question (1874) » by Francis A. Walker

She flung off her coat in a helter-skelter way, and rolled up her sleeves.
Extract from : « A Spoil of Office » by Hamlin Garland

There has never been about them the slightest trace of hustle or helter-skelter.
Extract from : « Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 150, June 7, 1916 » by Various

And how did the incubators and the helter-skelter and the midgets suit the taste of ye?'
Extract from : « Sixes and Sevens » by O. Henry

Helter-skelter the men rushed out, Tony and his mates in front.
Extract from : « Colonial Born » by G. Firth Scott

Helter-skelter, anyhow, without regard to order or precedence.
Extract from : « The Slang Dictionary » by John Camden Hotten

In the helter-skelter to the rear he had escaped by the Rossville road.
Extract from : « Recollections of the Civil War » by Charles A. Dana

Synonyms for helter-skelter

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