pell-mell (adv.)

  1. in a wild or reckless manner; dashing harum-scarum all over the place; running pell-mell up the stairs

    [ Syn: harum-scarum , harum-scarum , harum-scarum , harum-scarum , harum-scarum , harum-scarum , harum-scarum , harum-scarum ]

    pell-mell (adj.)

  1. with undue hurry and confusion; a helter-skelter kind of existence with never a pause; a pell-mell dash for the train

    [ Syn: helter-skelter ]

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