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pell-mell

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Adjective

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

Adverb

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

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Synonyms:
helter-skelter harum-scarum

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Words pronounced/spelled similarly to "pell-mell":
pell-mell pall-mall pall mall
Words contain "pell-mell" in its definition in English - English (Wordnet) dictionary:
pell-mell helter-skelter harum-scarum

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