Antonyms for pell-mell

Grammar : Adj, adv, noun

Spell : pel-mel

Phonetic Transcription : ˈpɛlˈmɛl

Definition of pell-mell

Origin : "confusedly," 1570s, from Middle French pêle-mêle, from Old French pesle mesle (12c.), apparently a jingling rhyme on the second element, which is from the stem of the verb mesler "to mix, mingle" (see meddle). Phonetic French form pelly melly is attested in English from mid-15c.

adj disordered
adv hurriedly and carelessly
noun disorder

Example sentences :

This was promptly followed by a pell-mell dash for the open.
Extract from : « The Law-Breakers » by Ridgwell Cullum

Thus the facts reach us pell-mell, without distinction of nature.
Extract from : « Introduction to the Study of History » by Charles V. Langlois

On board went the Rough Riders pell-mell, and not a minute too soon.
Extract from : « American Boy's Life of Theodore Roosevelt » by Edward Stratemeyer

Pell-mell down the stairs rushed the youths, one after another.
Extract from : « Dave Porter in the Gold Fields » by Edward Stratemeyer

The condemned were loaded into them pell-mell, with hands tied.
Extract from : « The Gods are Athirst » by Anatole France

In a moment they were off, pell-mell, like a flock of sheep.
Extract from : « Eben Holden » by Irving Bacheller

When one begins to write, many 174 things crowd in pell-mell.
Extract from : « English: Composition and Literature » by W. F. (William Franklin) Webster

For nearly a century they had been pell-mell at it, whenever and wherever they could meet.
Extract from : « The Ned M'Keown Stories » by William Carleton

Pell-mell down the stairs ran the children after the monkey.
Extract from : « Four Little Blossoms at Oak Hill School » by Mabel C. Hawley

There was an army of corpses, Frenchmen and Germans, all lying about pell-mell.
Extract from : « A German deserter's war experience » by Anonymous

Synonyms for pell-mell

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