hectically
- a word derived from hectic.
Example Sentences
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The transformation of these characters is given short shrift by the hectically layered book, but their truncated scenes of inner growth are a reminder of where the beating heart of this tale resides.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 28, 2023
But with its jumble of clichés, its blatant word-bubble declarations, and its hectically rushed impracticalities, the movie—which is based on a comic-book series—invites an air of antic exaggeration and revved-up stylization.
From The New Yorker ● Aug. 8, 2019
It hasn’t always been the most organized experiment, conducted hectically between two parents working full time while raising three boys.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 2, 2016
The writing becomes more shrill, the scenes choppier, the themes at once hectically muddy and overemphatic.
From New York Times ● Dec. 14, 2011
He was, for some years, hectically feverish; and, though he found some alleviation of his distemper, never obtained a perfect recovery of his health.
From The Works of Samuel Johnson, Volume 06 Reviews, Political Tracts, and Lives of Eminent Persons by Johnson, Samuel
