frantically
English
Alternative forms
- frantickly (obsolete)
- franticly (rare)
Etymology
From earlier franticly, equivalent to frantic + -ally.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈfɹæn.tɪk.li/
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Adverb
frantically (comparative more frantically, superlative most frantically)
- In a frantic way.
- He searched frantically for his passport before the flight.
- 2021 February 18, David Sirota, “Cuomo-gate: a Nixonian scandal is engulfing New York”, in The Guardian[1], archived from the original on 19 March 2021, retrieved 14 December 2021:
- Amid a cacophony of demands for Cuomo to resign, the governor and his aides are frantically trying to cover up the basic facts of what happened, and that includes launching a Nixonian campaign of intimidation and retribution against Democratic lawmakers who have for months been sounding the alarm.
- For more quotations using this term, see Citations:frantically.
Translations
in a frantic manner
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