agitatedly

Definition of agitatedlynext

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for agitatedly
Adverb
  • States, cities and food banks have been ramping up donations desperately trying to fill the gap.
    Jennifer Ludden, NPR, 7 Nov. 2025
  • The most recent plug-in hybrid version of the hatchback takes things up a notch, completely reinvigorating a nameplate that desperately needed a makeover.
    Charles Singh, USA Today, 7 Nov. 2025
Adverb
  • The phone logs show Goudreau frantically trying to get Denman and Berry out safely.
    Antonio Maria Delgado, Miami Herald, 7 Nov. 2025
  • When Marissa runs through her house, frantically searching for Milo, the scene doubles as a tour of the Irvines’ palatial lakefront home as captured by directors Minkie Spiro and Kate Dennis.
    Alison Herman, Variety, 6 Nov. 2025
Adverb
  • Hydroplaning is the term for when a vehicle begins sliding uncontrollably on wet roads.
    NC Weather Bot, Charlotte Observer, 8 Nov. 2025
  • Hydroplaning occurs when a vehicle begins to slide uncontrollably on wet roads.
    CA Weather Bot, Sacbee.com, 7 Nov. 2025
Adverb
  • Granted, by the time the Jet Skis are swinging crazily in the air, Nathan has only been onboard for a few hours.
    Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 7 Oct. 2025
  • That seems like a crazily low number of songs.
    Carson Blackwelder, People.com, 15 Aug. 2025
Adverb
  • Countless moths beat frenetically around the trap’s white, diaphanous panels, which are swaying with ghostly ripples in a gentle breeze.
    IEEE Spectrum, IEEE Spectrum, 2 Oct. 2025
  • Singer Brendan Yates’ intensity — at one point leaping with abandon, at another frenetically thrusting — is what makes Turnstile cook.
    Daniel Kohn, Rolling Stone, 16 Sep. 2025
Adverb
  • Inside Friendly Arctic, a local printing shop, circular machines with long metal branches spin feverishly.
    Bryan West, Nashville Tennessean, 31 Dec. 2025
  • The new flick’s trailer shows Pierre’s hands feverishly sketching the 2025 inauguration night gown.
    Rosemary Feitelberg, Footwear News, 17 Dec. 2025
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“Agitatedly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/agitatedly. Accessed 9 Jan. 2026.

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