1. lacking a visible order or organization • Syn: chaotic • Similar to: disorganized, disorganised 2. with undue hurry and confusion - a helter-skelter kind of existence with never a pause - a pell-mell dash for the train • Syn: pell-mell • Similar to: hurried
II - adverb
haphazardly - the books were piled up helter-skelter • Syn: every which way