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Pronunciation varies by accent · adjective
With a lively beat and strong, non-syncopated rhythm; upbeat and bouncy..
It's a right rumpty-tumpty tune anyway.
Well you know, sir, it's very difficult to have a favourite when it's all such jolly, rumpty-tumpty stuff.
I loved poetry in school, especially the rumpty-tumpty kind.
Rumpty-tumpty, pimplety-pan— / The flubdub courted a catamaran / But timplety-topplety, timpity-tare— / The flubdub wedded the big blue bear!
He believes the music should come first because otherwise the words will be nothing more than rumpty-tumpty.
This female was clearly not up for any rumpty tumpty in the grass, and she bopped her suitor a few times before he got the message and sulkily sloped back to his corner of the field.
Use rumpty-tumpty when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Rumpty-tumpty means With a lively beat and strong, non-syncopated rhythm; upbeat and bouncy..
The closest synonym depends on the sentence and intended sense.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
It's a right rumpty-tumpty tune anyway.
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