adjective
- With undue hurry and confusion.
- usage: "a helter-skelter kind of existence with never a pause"; "a pell-mell dash for the train"
- synonyms: helter-skelter
adverb
- In a wild or reckless manner.
- usage: "dashing harum-scarum all over the place"; "running pell-mell up the stairs"
- synonyms: harum-scarum
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