frantically

[ fran-tik-lee ]

/ ˈfræn tɪk li /

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adverb

in a desperate, wild, or frenzied way, out of extreme excitement, pain, fear, etc.:All this time I was searching frantically in the trash can for my missing keys until, just when I thought all was lost, my finger touched something that jingled.

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Rarely fran·tic·ly .

Origin of frantically

frantic + -ally

Words nearby frantically

Frank-Starling curve, Franky, Frannie, franseria, frantic, frantically, Franz, Franz Ferdinand, Franz Josef, Franz Josef I, Franz Josef Land

How to use frantically in a sentence

The three adults repeatedly shouted my name as they frantically searched the house, until my father looked out the front window.
Eighty years of memories that will stir readers’ own|Connie Schultz|November 20, 2020|Washington Post
Instead, she set about frantically calling anywhere and everywhere that might be able to offer child care, even just for a week or two.
The economy could lose a generation of working mothers|Bryce Covert|October 30, 2020|Vox
The driver frantically asked if I knew where he could get service.
I Hit a Cyclist with My Car|Brooke Warren|October 28, 2020|Outside Online
Slack’s popular corporate messaging app is getting several new updates to help the wave of companies frantically shifting to accommodate employees now working from home.
Slack keeps up with the coronavirus pandemic through new updates like corporate DMs|jonathanvanian2015|October 7, 2020|Fortune

Trix is introduced here for the first time, and watching Emily frantically search for all of her mother-in-law’s old gifts so that she can display them properly is so much fun that it makes sense Trix would become a favorite recurring guest.
Every episode of Gilmore Girls, ranked|Constance Grady|October 6, 2020|Vox
From doorways that lined a long corridor, people emerged at a run and began searching frantically.
Inside a Hospital for the Criminally Insane|Caitlin Dickson|September 15, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Staffers were frantically compiling information from eyewitnesses and Japanese sources.
The Intern Who Birthed The KAL007 Conspiracy Theories|Tim Mak|September 8, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The mother continues to row frantically, but the boat begins to drift slowly downstream.
Whatever You Do Someone Will Die. A Short Story About Impossible Choices in Iraq|Nathan Bradley Bethea|August 31, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The others disappeared into the school, frantically hustling to try to make deals.
The Bizarro World Of Iowa’s GOP Convention|Ben Jacobs|June 23, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Backward, backward, backward Ghana ran, and frantically…toward its own endangered goal.
Stars and Stripes 2, Black Stars 1: Team USA Takes a Win From Ghana|Tunku Varadarajan|June 17, 2014|DAILY BEAST
They looked down at Grandfather Mole, who was still scurrying frantically about the garden.
The Tale of Grandfather Mole|Arthur Scott Bailey
Again Wilkins shouted at the top of his voice, and waved his arms more frantically than before.
Hunting the Lions|R.M. Ballantyne
They frantically waved their hats, ceased firing, and greeted their erstwhile enemies as comrades.
Third class in Indian railways|Mahatma Gandhi
Fumbling in his haste, he produced a pocket communicator, stabbed frantically at the dial and spoke urgently into it.
Insidekick|Jesse Franklin Bone
The others called, too, until we were all shouting frantically for Tilly.
The Sunbridge Girls at Six Star Ranch|Eleanor H. (Eleanor Hodgman) Porter