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top·sy-tur·vy   (tŏp'sē-tûr'vē)   
adv.  

  1. With the top downward and the bottom up; upside-down.

  2. In or into a state of utter disorder or confusion: "turning our ordered life topsy-turvy" (Anne Tyler).

adj.   top·sy-tur·vi·er, top·sy-tur·vi·est

  1. Turned or positioned upside down; inverted.

  2. Confused or disordered.

n.   pl. top·sy-tur·vies
The quality or condition of being topsy-turvy.

[Probably from top1 + obsolete terve, to overturn (from Middle English terven).]
top'sy-tur'vi·ly adv., top'sy-tur'vi·ness n.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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