Pell·mell, adv. In utter confusion; with confused violence. “Men, horses, chariots, crowded pellmell.”
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pell-mell
adj : with undue hurry and confusion; "a helter-skelter kind of
existence with never a pause"; "a pell-mell dash for
the train" [syn: helter-skelter]
adv : in a wild or reckless manner; "dashing harum-scarum all over
the place"; "running pell-mell up the stairs" [syn: harum-scarum]