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Definition of pell-mell adverb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Pell-mell definition: in disorderly, headlong haste; in a recklessly hurried manner.. See examples of PELL-MELL used in a sentence.
1. In a jumbled, confused manner; helter-skelter. 2. In frantic disorderly haste; headlong: 'I went to work pell-mell, blotted several sheets of paper with choice floating thoughts' (Washington Irving).
The meaning of PELL-MELL is in mingled confusion or disorder. How to use pell-mell in a sentence. Did you know?
Fast and rapid (Definition of pell-mell from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
Writers often employ 'pellmell' to evoke a sense of urgency or confusion within a narrative. In modern storytelling, it's a popular choice for depicting chaotic moments in both fiction and poetry.
What's the origin of the phrase 'Pell-mell'? There are various early uses of pell-mell, which have slightly different meanings. The general sense though is of people charging about ‘like …
Whenever things are out of hand, off the hook, and chaotic, it's pell-mell. Words with a similar structure and meaning are 'higgledy-piggledy,' 'harum-scarum,' and 'helter-skelter.'
If you move pell-mell somewhere, you move there in a hurried, uncontrolled way. All three of us rushed pell-mell into the kitchen.
There are seven meanings listed in OED's entry for the word pell-mell, three of which are labelled obsolete. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence.
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