Antonyms of adj helter-skelter

2 senses of helter-skelter

Sense 1
chaotic, helter-skelter -- (lacking a visible order or organization)

INDIRECT (VIA disorganized) -> organized -- (methodical and efficient in arrangement or function; "how well organized she is"; "his life was almost too organized")

Sense 2
helter-skelter, pell-mell -- (with undue hurry and confusion; "a helter-skelter kind of existence with never a pause"; "a pell-mell dash for the train")

INDIRECT (VIA hurried) -> unhurried -- (relaxed and leisurely; without hurry or haste; "people strolling about in an unhurried way"; "an unhurried walk"; "spoke in a calm and unhurried voice")

Similarity of adj helter-skelter

2 senses of helter-skelter

Sense 1
chaotic, helter-skelter -- (lacking a visible order or organization)
       => disorganized (vs. organized), disorganised -- (lacking order or methodical arrangement or function; "a disorganized enterprise"; "a thousand pages of muddy and disorganized prose"; "she was too disorganized to be an agreeable roommate")

Sense 2
helter-skelter, pell-mell -- (with undue hurry and confusion; "a helter-skelter kind of existence with never a pause"; "a pell-mell dash for the train")
       => hurried (vs. unhurried) -- (moving rapidly or performed quickly or in great haste; "a hurried trip to the store"; "the hurried life of a city"; "a hurried job")

Synonyms of adv helter-skelter

1 sense of helter-skelter

Sense 1
helter-skelter, every which way -- (haphazardly; "the books were piled up helter-skelter")

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