ADVERB
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in secrecy
they did it all hugger-mugger
ADJECTIVE
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in utter disorder
a disorderly pile of clothes -
conducted with or marked by hidden aims or methods
clandestine intelligence operations
cloak-and-dagger activities behind enemy lines
secret sales of arms
a secret agent
an undercover investigation
hole-and-corner intrigue
surreptitious mobilization of troops
secret missions
underground resistance
NOUN
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a state of confusion
he engaged in the hugger-mugger of international finance
How To Use hugger-mugger In A Sentence
- I hated going hugger-mugger in the car because I wanted to read and this was impossible with elbows and knees stuck across your face.
- he engaged in the hugger-mugger of international finance
- Brown may have tried to sign this wretched Treaty hugger-mugger back in December, out of sight and out of mind, but the truth of the matter is that he is in fact an EU enthusiast who has played a leading part in not just the drawing up of this Treaty but also the gerrymander that is seeing it through the process of ratification. Brown Takes Careful Aim At Foot
- He loved its hugger-mugger houses, the strange sea creatures that came up in baskets from the boats, the constant harbourside shouting. THE MAIN CAGES
- It is a hugger-mugger bubbling pot of intrigue, smuggling, poverty, filth and some of the best food in Asia.
- Leon's sister Helene Mar had herself acted in the silent film era, then spent the rest of her life creating artistes - her hugger-mugger brother, her daughters, who became dancers, and pre-eminently, Johnny.
- The hugger-mugger squalor endured by the planet's traveling billions. Planes, Trains And Miseries
- Hugger-mugger is part of life, especially under modern political conditions.
- He successfully pursued this hugger-mugger strategy in 1810.
- And the plot wandered and annoyed, piling on new mystical hugger-mugger… but when it came to the end, it hit me like an anvil in the sternum.