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
Footage from the rescue mission shared by Michigan State Police on X shows the woman frantically waving towards the helicopter above her while lost amongst the trees.
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Latoya Gayle, PEOPLE, 8 Sep. 2025
Dexter begins frantically searching the paperwork for something that could point him toward the eight-digit vault code that could grant him freedom.
—Nick Caruso, TVLine, 5 Sep. 2025
Tesla is a big reason that so many automakers have frantically begun to make EVs in the past few years.
—Patrick George, The Atlantic, 5 Sep. 2025
The experienced pair of skydivers became entangled in steps on the edge of the plane before dangling frantically mid-air and, ultimately, falling to their deaths, the court heard, per The Guardian.
—Kimberlee Speakman, People.com, 2 Sep. 2025
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Latoya Gayle, PEOPLE, 8 Sep. 2025
Dexter begins frantically searching the paperwork for something that could point him toward the eight-digit vault code that could grant him freedom.
—Nick Caruso, TVLine, 5 Sep. 2025
Tesla is a big reason that so many automakers have frantically begun to make EVs in the past few years.
—Patrick George, The Atlantic, 5 Sep. 2025
The experienced pair of skydivers became entangled in steps on the edge of the plane before dangling frantically mid-air and, ultimately, falling to their deaths, the court heard, per The Guardian.
—Kimberlee Speakman, People.com, 2 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for frantically
Adverb
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On the ground in Wedgewood Houston, a tiny bird fought an army of enclosing fire ants, wildly kicking and flailing.—
Audrey Gibbs,
Nashville Tennessean,
9 Sep. 2025
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Atom’s order to alter Nibs’ memory seems wildly shortsighted, if the plan was to keep her around the other hybrids.—
Alan Sepinwall,
Rolling Stone,
9 Sep. 2025
Adverb
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New York desperately needs a win against deGrom, but Alonso knows that's never an easy task.—
Jackson Roberts,
MSNBC Newsweek,
12 Sep. 2025
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The Royals, who are desperately clinging to slim playoff odds, now have four-fifths of their Opening Day rotation on the IL after Lugo and Wacha joined Kris Bubic and Cole Ragans on the shelf.—
Chad Jennings,
New York Times,
11 Sep. 2025
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Our first stop is in a wild-looking stretch 200 yards south of the railroad tracks and State Street.—
Paul A. Smith,
Journal Sentinel,
2 Jan. 2023
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Just 18 P900s will be built, and the wild-looking hypercar will cost $3 million.—
Caleb Miller,
Car and Driver,
30 Nov. 2022
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Hydroplaning happens when a vehicle starts sliding uncontrollably on wet roads.—
CA Weather Bot,
Sacbee.com,
12 Sep. 2025
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Bone Cancer Bone cancer develops when abnormal cells multiply and grow uncontrollably, forming a tumor in the bone.—
Lindsay Curtis,
Health,
11 Sep. 2025
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“Frantically.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/frantically. Accessed 15 Sep. 2025.
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