AGITATEDLY Synonyms: 53 Similar and Opposite Words

agitatedly

adverb

as in confusedly

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The simple answer is that air conditioning is not customary in France, and their architecture is traditionally not built to accommodate it well, even for those who are now desperately seeking relief.

— Morgan Simon, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2026
No contender needed offensive upgrades more desperately than the Guardians, who own the league’s worst team OPS.

— Zack Meisel, New York Times, 4 Aug. 2026

Definition of desperately

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Fox recorded video of Stout leaving the area calmly after the fire started among others frantically getting away from the fast-spreading wildfire, Noel told the judge.

— Rosalio Ahumada, Sacbee.com, 24 July 2026
Baela isn’t sleeping or eating and is frantically seeking redemption after blaming herself for Jace’s death.

— Brian Grubb, Vulture, 20 July 2026

Definition of frantically

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And when Andreeva hits one of her crazily creative shots and turns to Martínez for praise, she is met with a smile, and maybe some clapping.

— Matthew Futterman, New York Times, 4 June 2026
The scene used one of the film’s funniest visual gags, an apartment so crazily tilted that nobody inside it could stand up straight.

— Emily Nussbaum, New Yorker, 17 May 2026

Definition of crazily

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Third base coach Bobby Crosby frenetically waved him home, and Wilson hit the turn hard.

— Justice delos Santos, Mercury News, 25 June 2026
And the score by Michael Abels (who collaborated with Jordan Peele on Get Out and Nope) is an all-timer, unsettling and steeped in dread to start and then frenetically nerve-shredding as things get hairier.

— David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 17 May 2026

Definition of frenetically

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Teams feverishly shifted their rosters for a chance at the next title run, a shot at the Knicks’ throne.

— Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 25 July 2026
General manager Julien BriseBois was feverishly trying to improve the roster for next season and beyond.

— Eduardo A. Encina, The Orlando Sentinel, 11 July 2026

Definition of feverishly

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