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
Corporate boardrooms have become political weathervanes, spinning frantically in Washington’s shifting winds.
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Liz Hoffman, semafor.com, 31 July 2025
Officers patrolling the 8000 block of Cornflower Circle on Friday night saw several people frantically carry the child into a residence after multiple fireworks had detonated in the area.
—Los Angeles Times, 5 July 2025
The sky flashes with lightning as frantically as a toddler with a light switch.
—Colleen Hagerty, Rolling Stone, 27 July 2025
Even the Dodgers, the team that seemingly had everything, are frantically trying to shore up a porous bullpen.
—Bill Madden, New York Daily News, 26 July 2025
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Liz Hoffman, semafor.com, 31 July 2025
Officers patrolling the 8000 block of Cornflower Circle on Friday night saw several people frantically carry the child into a residence after multiple fireworks had detonated in the area.
—Los Angeles Times, 5 July 2025
The sky flashes with lightning as frantically as a toddler with a light switch.
—Colleen Hagerty, Rolling Stone, 27 July 2025
Even the Dodgers, the team that seemingly had everything, are frantically trying to shore up a porous bullpen.
—Bill Madden, New York Daily News, 26 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for frantically
Adverb
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The stock, which several analysts say is wildly overvalued (with a market cap valuing it at around 100 times its annual revenue), has shot up nearly 600% from a year ago.—
Allison Morrow,
CNN Money,
7 Aug. 2025
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An endorsement from a president wildly popular with Kentucky voters could be a deciding factor in the 2026 Republican primary race for U.S. Senate.—
Lucas Aulbach,
The Courier-Journal,
7 Aug. 2025
Adverb
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Nursing shortage grows in Texas The thousands of nursing students being educated at UTA are desperately needed in Texas.—
Ciara McCarthy,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
18 Aug. 2025
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Shoda’s possible daughter behaves in ways both desperately longing and ruinously malevolent, and her antics come to symbolize the irreconcilable urges of political activists wishing to grow a collective political vision while succumbing to internal violence driven by individual ego.—
Jake Cole,
IndieWire,
18 Aug. 2025
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All of it wild-caught.—
Amy Drew Thompson,
orlandosentinel.com,
14 Aug. 2020
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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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“Frantically.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/frantically. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.
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