Antonyms of adj pell-mell

1 sense of pell-mell

Sense 1
helter-skelter, pell-mell -- (with undue hurry and confusion; "a helter-skelter kind of existence with never a pause"; "a pell-mell dash for the train")

INDIRECT (VIA hurried) -> unhurried -- (relaxed and leisurely; without hurry or haste; "people strolling about in an unhurried way"; "an unhurried walk"; "spoke in a calm and unhurried voice")

Similarity of adj pell-mell

1 sense of pell-mell

Sense 1
helter-skelter, pell-mell -- (with undue hurry and confusion; "a helter-skelter kind of existence with never a pause"; "a pell-mell dash for the train")
       => hurried (vs. unhurried) -- (moving rapidly or performed quickly or in great haste; "a hurried trip to the store"; "the hurried life of a city"; "a hurried job")

Synonyms of adv pell-mell

1 sense of pell-mell

Sense 1
harum-scarum, pell-mell -- (in a wild or reckless manner; "dashing harum-scarum all over the place"; "running pell-mell up the stairs")

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