frantic
adjective
Origin of frantic
Synonyms for frantic
Related Words for frantically
desperately, excitedly, madly, wildly, uncontrollably, berserk, crazily, helter-skelter, wild, agitatedly, amok, franticly, hectically, hystericallyExamples from the Web for frantically
Contemporary Examples of frantically
Staffers were frantically compiling information from eyewitnesses and Japanese sources.
The others disappeared into the school, frantically hustling to try to make deals.
Backward, backward, backward Ghana ran, and frantically…toward its own endangered goal.
He winks, smacks his lips and frantically drains the go-cup.
The Stacks: The Neville Brothers Stake Their Claim as Bards of the BayouJohn Ed Bradley
April 27, 2014
The mother of five frantically jumps from one argument to the next as if playing a high stakes game of Catchphrase.
Historical Examples of frantically
Frantically he tugged and tore at the slimy rope, hauling with a will and a prayer.
The Black BagLouis Joseph Vance
Frantically I scrambled in the dark till I located the batteries.
His mother went and caught him frantically in her arms and seated him on her lap.
The DownfallEmile Zola
He opened his mouth to shout a question, but she frantically signaled for silence.
The Woman-HatersJoseph C. Lincoln
"A Mr. Hadley frantically telephoning, sir," he said to Jeter.
Lords of the StratosphereArthur J. Burks