as in frantically
in a confused and reckless manner
we spent all morning frenetically searching the house for the lost keys
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Adverb
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Soda had left campus just 30 minutes before the shooting happened, and was texting frantically with colleagues during the attack.—
Pien Huang,
NPR,
20 Aug. 2025 -
Democrats in the Legislature are spending their first week back from summer recess frantically redrawing the state’s congressional maps in response to redistricting efforts in Texas.—
Jon Coupal,
Oc Register,
17 Aug. 2025
Adverb
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Mario Kart veterans must spend time unlearning their drifting muscle memory due to Air Riders' wildly different angles and timing.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
20 Aug. 2025
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The Beatles had arrived in Chicago red-hot, in the middle of a wildly popular national tour that began with the famous concert in New York’s Shea Stadium.—
Michael Peregrine,
Chicago Tribune,
20 Aug. 2025
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“Frenetically.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/frenetically. Accessed 27 Aug. 2025.
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