Hugger-mugger: alternatives and connections

Covered over; private; hid; secret; disguised.

Open English WordNet links these adjective senses as similar in meaning; they are not necessarily interchangeable.

Covered over; private; hid; secret; disguised.

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Unseasonable; untimely.

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Unseasonable; untimely.

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The state of being mixed or blended so as to produce indistinctness or error; indistinct combination; disorder; tumult.

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a broader lexical category for at least one sense.

Conducted with secrecy; withdrawn from public notice, usually for an evil purpose; kept secret; hidden; private; underhand; as, a clandestine marriag…

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Not in order; marked by disorder; disarranged; immethodical; as, the books and papers are in a disorderly state.

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In confusion; topsy-turvy.

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of Jumble

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Hidden; concealed; as, secret treasure; secret plans; a secret vow.

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Done or made by stealth, or without proper authority; made or introduced fraudulently; clandestine; stealthy; as, a surreptitious passage in an old m…

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In an inverted posture; with the top or head downward; upside down; as, to turn a carriage topsy-turvy.

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The place or space beneath the surface of the ground; subterranean space.

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