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
Some residents frantically emptied out their places, not knowing their next move.
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Michael Butler, Miami Herald, 20 Oct. 2025
Saturday against the Pittsburgh Penguins, Dickinson took a regular shift in the third period as the Sharks frantically tried to tie the game.
—Curtis Pashelka, Mercury News, 20 Oct. 2025
To plug the gaps, faculty have been frantically applying for nonfederal sources of money.
—Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 16 Oct. 2025
Gone are the days where young people worked to frantically amass huge pension wealth to enjoy later down the line—at least for Generation Zers, who seem more interested in enjoying their savings now and less trusting of the social security systems in place to safeguard them later on.
—Melissa Fleur Afshar, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 Oct. 2025
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Michael Butler, Miami Herald, 20 Oct. 2025
Saturday against the Pittsburgh Penguins, Dickinson took a regular shift in the third period as the Sharks frantically tried to tie the game.
—Curtis Pashelka, Mercury News, 20 Oct. 2025
To plug the gaps, faculty have been frantically applying for nonfederal sources of money.
—Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 16 Oct. 2025
Gone are the days where young people worked to frantically amass huge pension wealth to enjoy later down the line—at least for Generation Zers, who seem more interested in enjoying their savings now and less trusting of the social security systems in place to safeguard them later on.
—Melissa Fleur Afshar, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for frantically
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Get to Know Erika Council Erika Council, a chef, author, and the owner of Atlanta’s wildly popular Bomb Biscuit Company, stopped by the Southern Living offices to do this interview in person.—
Sid Evans,
Southern Living,
4 Nov. 2025
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Patti Smith wrote a new reflection on her life, a follow up to her other wildly popular memoirs, ten years in the making.—
Julia Hass,
Literary Hub,
4 Nov. 2025
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The Andromedans have been desperately working to try to find a way to save humanity from itself, according to Michelle.—
Megan McCluskey,
Time,
31 Oct. 2025
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Collins has been one of the more stout edge defenders in his five years in the league, and the Cowboys could desperately use a savvy veteran run defender to contain the edge.—
Nick Harris,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
31 Oct. 2025
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Hundreds of miles off the coast of Ecuador, in the very place that inspired Charles Darwin’s seminal theory of evolution, a wild-growing species appears to have hit rewind.—
Taylor Nicioli,
CNN Money,
30 Oct. 2025
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Lamb's Quarters Lamb's quarters is a wild-growing green that's very high in calcium.—
Jillian Kubala,
Health,
7 Oct. 2025
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Meanwhile, her mom and aunt can be heard laughing uncontrollably behind the camera.—
Lucy Notarantonio,
MSNBC Newsweek,
31 Oct. 2025
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The best anecdote is one about the film’s sneak preview in Pasadena where the audience, expecting another Exorcist, started laughing uncontrollably at what was on screen.—
Pete Hammond,
Deadline,
31 Oct. 2025
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“Frantically.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/frantically. Accessed 7 Nov. 2025.
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