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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