pell-mell
adverb
[ pɛlˈmɛl ]
• in a confused, rushed, or disorderly manner.
• "they rushed pell-mell up the hill"
Similar:
helter-skelter,
headlong,
(at) full tilt,
hotfoot,
post-haste,
hurriedly,
hastily,
wildly,
impetuously,
recklessly,
rashly,
precipitately,
impulsively,
slap bang,
hurry-scurry,
in disorder,
in confusion,
in a muddle/jumble,
in disarray,
in a disorganized manner,
untidily,
in a mess,
in a heap,
anyhow,
all over the place,
every which way,
all over the shop,
shambolically,
all over the map,
all over the lot,
pell-mell
adjective
• hasty or disorganized.
• "steps to slow the pell-mell pace of deforestation"
pell-mell
noun
• a disorderly situation or collection of things.
• "the pell-mell of ascending gables and roof tiles"
Origin:
late 16th century: from French pêle-mêle, from earlier pesle mesle, mesle pesle, reduplication from mesler ‘to mix’.
