hectic
adjective
characterized by intense agitation, excitement, confused and rapid movement, etc..
hectically
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a word derived from
hectic.
Example Sentences
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Tanner plunges into these ostentatiously autobiographical roles, heedlessly, hectically and without a psychiatric net.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 28, 2026
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
With their hectically activated Cubistic gestures and turbulent illusory atmospheres, Marin’s watercolors and oil paintings of landscapes, seascapes and cityscapes follow Whistler’s in their efforts to embody perceptual experience in paint.
From New York Times ● Mar. 5, 2015
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 Samuel Johnson
