FRANTICALLY Synonyms: 53 Similar and Opposite Words

frantically

adverb

ˈfran-ti-k(ə-)lē

Definition of frantically

as in wildly

in a confused and reckless manner the veterinarian ran frantically from room to room looking for the escaped hamster

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Recent Examples of frantically For five days Oswadeliz Núñez Ramírez has been frantically searching for her son across hospitals in La Guaira and Caracas. — Sonia Osorio, Miami Herald, 29 June 2026 Calls are frantically made to multiple team doctors to conjure up the best plan in case of another flare-up, and The Athletic leans out of the team car to pass Ayuso ice to apply to the affected area. — Chris Marshall-Bell, New York Times, 29 June 2026 The Melodies of the Danube itinerary connects Budapest, Bratislava, Vienna, and the Wachau Valley coherently rather than frantically. — Condé Nast Traveler, 25 June 2026 The one who is frantically looking for a reason why. — Luke Chinman, PEOPLE, 24 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for frantically

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As Egypt celebrated wildly, referee François Letexier went to the Video Assistant Referee (VAR) screen to look at a foul that may have occurred in the buildup.

— Kyle Feldscher, CNN Money, 7 July 2026
Marfan syndrome is particularly mysterious because members of a family who carry the same exact mutation can have wildly different health trajectories, Catherine Boileau, a geneticist at the French health research institution INSERM, told me.

— Roxanne Khamsi, The Atlantic, 7 July 2026

Definition of wildly

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And as things stand, San Francisco’s bullpen could desperately use someone like the submariner.

— Justice delos Santos, Mercury News, 7 July 2026
Shobeir made another brilliant stop on a close-range header by Alexis Mac Allister just after the hydration break as Argentina desperately searched for an equalizer.

— Kyle Feldscher, CNN Money, 7 July 2026

Definition of desperately

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Two more runs scored in the fourth inning when Ohtani, Pages and Freeman strung together three consecutive two-out singles and Keller wild-pitched a run home.

— Bill Plunkett, Oc Register, 12 June 2026
First, like cucumbers, squash is a wild-growing vegetable that competes for garden space, according to Dilmore.

— Michelle Mastro, Martha Stewart, 9 June 2026

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