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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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
Graves adds a desperately needed dash of bravura in an otherwise rather hectically staged “I Am Easily Assimilated.”
From Washington Post ● Jun. 21, 2019
Despite her nickname, in person she is far from alarming: a bright-eyed, enthusiastic, welcoming and hectically fluent woman of 50, she talks about pain at a personal level.
From The Guardian ● Jan. 25, 2017
Unlike the ensemble, Mr. Rattle has been hectically busy this fall, having set up shop in the Northeast.
From New York Times ● Oct. 7, 2016
When either of them invented something to say they started chattering with guilty haste, and each agreed hectically with any opinion the other advanced.
From Our Mr. Wrenn, the Romantic Adventures of a Gentle Man by Sinclair Lewis
