- 1. n. Privacy; secrecy. Commonly in the phrase in hugger-mugger, with haste and secrecy. Source: opted
- 2. a. Secret; clandestine; sly. Source: opted
- 3. a. Confused; disorderly; slovenly; mean; as, hugger-mugger doings. Source: opted
- 4. adj. in utter disorder Source: wordnet
- 5. adj. conducted with or marked by hidden aims or methods Source: wordnet
- 6. n. a state of confusion Source: wordnet
- 7. adv. in secrecy Source: wordnet
- 8. Privacy; secrecy. Commonly in the phrase in hugger-mugger, with haste and secrecy. [Archaic] Many things have been done in hugger-mugger. Fuller. 1. Secret; clandestine; sly. 2. Confused; disorderly; slovenly; mean; as, hugger-mugger doings. Source: webster
- 9. Privacy; secrecy. Commonly in the phrase in hugger-mugger, withhaste and secrecy. [Archaic]Many things have been done in hugger-mugger. Fuller. Source: adambom
- 10. n. a state of confusion r. in secrecy Source: ecdict
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