topsy-turviness
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There are elements of horror in the staging and editing — at least one shot that struck me as an homage to Stanley Kubrick — and psychological topsy-turviness.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 20, 2024
Mr. Singer and Ms. Westby, to Jake Meginsky’s propulsive soundscape, share a wayward topsy-turviness, entangling and bumping into each other.
From New York Times • May 25, 2015
This is perfectly true, but the topsy-turviness of the idea never seems to strike them.
From The Defendant by Chesterton, G. K. (Gilbert Keith)
And last, but not least by any means, there were two Irish ladies, who, with the best intentions imaginable, produced a universal state of topsy-turviness when left to themselves for a moment.
From Kitty's Class Day and Other Stories by Alcott, Louisa May
In fact, the whole thing is topsy-turvy, without the slightest touch of that animation and interested curiosity which topsy-turviness sometimes contributes.
From A History of the French Novel, Vol. 2 To the Close of the 19th Century by Saintsbury, George
