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adverb
- 1. in a distraught way owing to fear, anxiety, or other emotion: "women wept as they frantically searched for missing children"
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FRANTICALLY definition: 1. done in a hurried way and in a state of excitement or confusion: 2. in a way that is almost out…. Learn more.
: in a frantic manner : in a nervously hurried, desperate, or panic-stricken way. [Carlton] Fisk stood several feet down the line, frantically urging the ball fair with his hands. It hit the yellow foul pole above the wall, a home run. Ron Fimrite.
Frantically definition: in a desperate, wild, or frenzied way, out of extreme excitement, pain, fear, etc.. See examples of FRANTICALLY used in a sentence.
FRANTICALLY meaning: 1. done in a hurried way and in a state of excitement or confusion: 2. in a way that is almost out…. Learn more.
1. Highly excited with strong emotion or frustration; frenzied: frantic with worry. 2. Characterized by rapid and disordered or nervous activity: made a frantic last-minute search for the lost key. 3. Archaic Mentally deranged. [Middle English frantik, from Old French frenetique, from Latin phrenēticus; see frenetic .]
When people act frantically or in an uncontrolled manner, it's best to give them their space. If there's a fire in a building, everyone will be stampeding frantically to the nearest exit. Just try not to get trampled.
adverb. /ˈfræntɪkli/ quickly and with a lot of activity, but in a way that is not very well organized. They worked frantically to finish on time. Want to learn more?
done in a very great hurry and often in a state of excitement or confusion: Rescuers made frantic efforts to dig out people buried by the mudslide. frantic adjective (EMOTIONAL) extremely upset, esp. because of anxiety or fear: When his wife arrived at the hospital she was frantic with worry.
Her heart raced as she frantically searched for a place to hide. I tried frantically to slip out of my blunder. He frantically thought about how to explain his comment.
Jun 2, 2024 · frantically (comparative more frantically, superlative most frantically) In a frantic way.
