Antonyms for pellmell

Grammar : Adj, adv, noun

Spell : pel-mel

Phonetic Transcription : ˈpɛlˈmɛl

Definition of pellmell

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.

As in pell-mell : adj disordered
As in topsy-turvy : adj mixed-up
As in pell-mell : adv hurriedly and carelessly
As in posthaste : adv fast
As in blindly : adv without direction, purpose
As in confusedly : adv in a confused manner
As in helter-skelter : adv carelessly, confused
As in pell-mell : noun disorder

Example sentences :

Through the gates of the palisade now came, pellmell, the crowd without.
Extract from : « To Have and To Hold » by Mary Johnston

Pack my things, throw them in helter skelter, pellmell, all in a heap.
Extract from : « Polly the Pagan » by Isabel Anderson

Then with a strong pull he hauled her half out of the saddle, pellmell into his arms.
Extract from : « The Call of the Canyon » by Zane Grey

Young voices trembled in affright, people rushed about in haste, pellmell.
Extract from : « Mother » by Maksim Gorky

Woman's Rights were pretty well represented in that pellmell.
Extract from : « Modern Leaders: Being a Series of Biographical Sketches » by Justin McCarthy

Dashing into the stockade, he hardly paused as he snatched up the lamp, and went on pellmell for the hut.
Extract from : « With Wolseley to Kumasi » by F.S. Brereton

A stream of it, dazzling them almost to blindness and sending them, one and all, pellmell back upon each other!
Extract from : « Dark Hollow » by Anna Katherine Green

And pellmell, hobbling and shouting and straining, all the ragged company strung out after.
Extract from : « The Pike's Peak Rush » by Edwin L. Sabin

On they came, crimson-faced, mouths open, British and Americans in a pellmell rush like a rally of boys at football.
Extract from : « Wild Justice: Stories of the South Seas » by Lloyd Osbourne

Pellmell across the street swarmed the little fellows, each bound to get there first.
Extract from : « Sure Pop and the Safety Scouts » by Roy Rutherford Bailey

Synonyms for pellmell

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